Lankathilaka Vihara, Kandy, Sri Lanka

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

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

Lankathilaka Vihara, Sri Lanka.

The 'Chaithya and the Vihara-ge situated on the rock

The view of the distant mountains from the Vihara

Lankathilaka Vihare, Sri Lanka.

The Vihara

The sacred 'Bo-tree'

Details of the temple. Click on the web-link below:-

http://www.srilankaview.com/lankatilaka_temple.htm

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.

Gadaladeniya Temple, Pilimathalawa, Sri Lanka.

The 'inverted lotus bud' design on the roof of the sanctuary.

Tying a charmed thread around the wrist of a devotee