Showing posts with label Yapahuwa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yapahuwa. Show all posts
Friday, October 25, 2013

Yapahuwa, last steps coming down, Sri Lanka.

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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The two 'Gaja-singhe' statues guarding the entrance. One of the two 'Chinese lions' seen against the sky. Th...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Carvings in granite, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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Female dancer with musicians. Acrobats with dancers. Dancers. Female dancer with cymbal player and drummer. The female d...
Monday, October 21, 2013

Coming down, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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The top of the rock, view from below. A stone retaining wall. Carvings on a granite pillar.
Sunday, October 20, 2013

Coming down from the top, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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Flowers growing wild near the top of the rock. Iron guard rails on the rock. Cactus plants growing wild. Stairway with guar...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Scenes at the top of the rock, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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A ruined Stupa and a water collection point in the rock. The Stupa built close to the repository of the Sacred Tooth Relic of Lord B...
Monday, October 14, 2013

The climb to the top, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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Sunday, October 13, 2013

The climb from the second stairway, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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The climb from the second stairway to the top of the rock has footpaths and steps. It needs a bit of effort but can be done with...
Saturday, October 12, 2013

Artifacts end of the second stairway, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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Carved stone pillar. Carvings in stone. Beginning of the foot path to the summit at the end of the second stairway..
Friday, October 11, 2013

Terrace, carved doorpost of granite and figurines on stone, second stairway, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.,

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Terrace near second stairway. Carved door-post of granite. Stylized female - stone carving. Female musical instrument play...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Stone carvings on the second stairway, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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Recent excavations have shown a lot of artifacts of Chinese origin at Yapahuwa around the 13th Century AD.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

The carvings in granite, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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Damsels on either side of the stone stairway shows South Indian influence. The damsel represented in the 'Tivanka' - three c...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Beginning of the second stone stairway, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

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Climbing the second stone stairway. Looking down the first stone stairway.