Showing posts with label Yapahuwa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yapahuwa. Show all posts
Friday, October 25, 2013

Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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The rock and the stairway. Looking down an old well in the premises. Monkey on an old defensive wall built of stones. A dr...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

Engravings in granite, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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Top of a door-post The Lion and the 'Gaja-singha' statues. Engravings on the upper part of the walls.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Artifacts, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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The 'Chinese Lion'. Dancers carved in stone. Dancers. Musicians. Note the idealized female figure of the 12th Ce...
Monday, October 21, 2013

Coming down from the rock, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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In sylvan surroundings while climbing down. A series of holes has been bored into the side of a granite hillock. This could be the r...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

Coming down from the top, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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A view of the countryside. A medicinal plant. Stone stairway. An old baked clay brick.
Saturday, October 19, 2013

The top of the Yapahuwa rock, Sri Lanka.

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Stone slab to offer flowers - 'Mal-aasana'. The 'Chaitya' Foot-path around the top of the rock. The ruins a...
Friday, October 18, 2013

Scenes from the top of the 'Yapahuwa' rock, Sri Lanka..

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Nearing the top of the rock, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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Pretty steep climb along footpaths and improvised stairs on the side of the rock. A steady blowing and a breathtaking view of th...
Sunday, October 13, 2013

Sights on the climb from the second stairway, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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Colorful insects. Stone footsteps. Cactus plants growing wild on the dry rock. Abandoned cave with white ants building thei...
Saturday, October 12, 2013

Carved stone pillar and entrance at the end of the second stairway, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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Carved stone pillars at the end of the second stairway. Artistry in stone in the top of the granite door-post at the end of the se...
Friday, October 11, 2013

Yapahuwa, second stairway, Sri Lanka.

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The 'Chinese lion' The 'Gaja singha' a mythical beast with the head of an elephant and the body of a lion. This sign...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Second stairway and associated artifacts, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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The 'Chinese lions' guarding the second stairway. Stone cutting at the base of a stone pillar. The second stone stairwa...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

The stone stairways, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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The view of the distant hills from between the two the stone stairways. The 'Chinese Lion'. The second stone stairway....