Showing posts with label Kandy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kandy. Show all posts

Friday, October 19, 2012

Dalada Maligawa, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Crowd of white-clad devotees outside the Dalada Maligawa, Kandy.
Looking out from the Maligawa
The first picture shows the garden in the former Governors Residence in the distance. Now it is called the President's residence. The second picture was taken from a balcony on the first floor looking towards the Kandy Lake. You can see the Queen's bath now converted to a Police Station.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Embakka Dewala, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Notice-board at the entrance to the Dewala
An 'Ambalama' - resting hall on the way to Embekka Dewala.
Resting places for wayfarers called 'Ambalama' in Sihalese from the Tamil word 'Ambalam' was a feature of life in old Sri Lanka. Journey by foot or bullock cart needed these places where pilgrims could rest, sleep or have their meals.

Monday, October 15, 2012

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Friday, October 12, 2012

Wood carvings, Embekka Dewala, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

A man on a horse
A female playing the 'veena'
A stylised female
A female ?on a swan
Wood carving of various motiffs are found carved on the wooden supporting pillars. They belong to the 15th Century Present Era.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Embekka Dewala, rafters, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

The wooden rafters in the roof of the hall.
Note the wooden pillars supporting the hall and the design of the 'inverted lotus'.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Embekka Dewala, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Paddy store - 'Wee Bissa' - made of clay on a bamboo frame.
The Kitchen - 'Multhan gey' - of the temple.
They remain the same as they would have been about six centuries ago.

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Lankathilaka Vihara, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Soldier-guardians at the entrance to the 'Budu-medura'
The 'Inverted lotus' design on the wood-work.

Friday, May 11, 2012

'Dalada Maligawa', Kandy, Sri Lanka.

A replica of a 'ceremonial oil lamp' made out of coconut leaves ('Gokkola')
The 'Makara Thorana' and the 'Moonstone'

Gold plated pillars

The 'Audience Hall' of  the Kings of Kandy.
The 'Dalada Maligawa' is where the 'Sacred Tooth Relic' of Lord Buddha is enshrined in Kandy, Sri Lanka.. It is a place of veneration and worship to all Buddhists.

Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_annotate?v=r7ZGg1xtPIU

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

'Natha Devale, Kandy.

The archeological excavations around the 'Maligawa Complex' in Kandy has found evidence of worship at the Natha Devale site from the early Centuries of the Present Era. This is a picture of the 'Natha Dewale' as seen from the 'Dalda Maligawa'. Natha, Vishnu, Skanda and Vinayaga have temples for worship in Kandy from very early times, predating the Dalada Maligawa.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Flower offerings at the temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic.

A picture I took of flower offerings at the 'mal aasana' in front of the repository of the Sacred Tooth Relic, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

'The Audience Hall', Kandy.

This building is the 'Audience Hall' of the last King of Kandy. The King received ambassadors to the court in this building. The Kandyan Convention ceding the Kandyan Kingdom to the British was signed here. In the 1960s the Supreme Court held its sessions here. Now it is a protected site.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Flowers, Dalada Maligawa.

Flowers for sale at the entrance to the 'Dalada Maligawa' - Temple of the Tooth, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Freshly plucked buds of lotuses and water lilies are on display. These are offered at the shrine by devotees who buy them here.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

A view from the 'Temple of the Tooth', Kandy, Sri Lanka

The innumerable incense sticks burnt and the coconut oil lamps burnt as offerings at the Temple of the Tooth, Kandy, enshroud it in a haze, visible at night. I took this picture from across the lake at night.