Monday, October 8, 2012

House-hold utensils, Lankathilake, Sri Lanka.

A brass container used to carry milk.
Various brass household utensils.
The brass utensils used in households in Sri-Lanka before the 1950s were heavy and needed constant polishing to keep them free of the green verdigris. If holed they could be easily repaired by the travelling tinker who visited the villages each year. These items were never thrown away. I saw these being sold as antiques at the entrance to the Lankathilaka Vihara.

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.

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Lankathilaka Vihara, Sri Lanka.

The 'Chaithya and the Vihara-ge situated on the rock
The view of the distant mountains from the Vihara

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Gadalaadeniya temple, Sri Lanka.

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

Monday, October 1, 2012

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.