Showing posts with label Sights at Isurumuniya. Show all posts
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Friday, July 25, 2014

Sights at Isurumuniya, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

A stone stairway under an overhanging rock.

Holes made in a rock. Pieces of dry sticks were jammed into these holes and the sticks were made to soak up water. This action split the rock in a neat cleavage plane.

An 'Ehela' S - "Konral' T, tree in bloom.

A passageway between rocks.

Friday, November 15, 2013

Sights at Isurumuniya, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

A 'Guard-stone' depicting a man carrying a pot in the right hand.



Engraving on the stone of a retaining wall.

A stylized pot containing water - an auspicious sight.


A 'Moon-stone' at the bottom of the stair-way leading to the old temple.