Showing posts with label 'Sankhapala'. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 'Sankhapala'. Show all posts

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Monkeys at Sankhapala, Sri Lanka.


Monkeys are resident at the Sankhapala Buddhist monastery in Sri Lanka. Click on the video link below to see their antics:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmkUCckwfr4

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

'Chathya' and the sacred 'Bodhi tree' at 'Sankhapala, Sri Lanka.


Two of the three essential components of a Theravada Buddhist place of worship the 'Chathya' and the sacred 'Bodhi' tree are shown in this picture taken at 'Sankhapala'.

Friday, February 3, 2012

Sankapala, Sri Lanka.




King Dutugemunu reigned in the period 167 to 137 BC. He had ten 'Maha Yodayas' - giant warriors. One of them donated land to the Buddhist Sangha. The area within the hearing distance of a 'conch-shell trumpet' - 'Sankha' S, 'Sangu' T, was thus handed over. Temple paintings in the temple of 'Sankhapala' on the Pelmadulla - Embilipitiya road commemorates this event which happened 2000 years ago.