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.

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'.

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.

Embekka Dewala, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Legend at the entrance to the Dewala

Old gateway made of granite

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Lankathilaka Vihara, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Soldier-guardians at the entrance to the 'Budu-medura'

The 'Inverted lotus' design on the wood-work.

Elephant and Moonstone, Dalada Maligawa, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

'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.

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Kandy, Sri Lanka, post-Wesak 2012.

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'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.

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.

'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.

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.

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.

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

I took this picture when the cherry blossoms were in bloom, from the ramparts of the 'Dalada Maligawa', Kandy. You can see the crowd of worshippers in the courtyard.