Gadalaadeniya temple, Pilimathalawa, Sri Lanka

Coming down from the temple.

The only mendicant we saw in the premises.

Gadalaadeniya temple, Sri Lanka.

The paddy storage bin for the secretion of paddy harvested from the temple lands.

The buildings on the rock.

Gadalaadeniya Temple, Pilimathalawa, Sri Lanka.

A door-frame made of decorated granite.

A lotus pond

It has been claimed that wood-working and wooden furniture was introduced into Sri Lanka by the Portuguese only in the 16th Century of the Present Era. Almost all the old buildings have roof supports of pillar-shaped granite. The doorways and windows had frames from granite.