Today we toured two Buddhist "viharas" (monastery complexes) and visited the National Museum.
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| Not far from our hotel, and right next to the US embassy, a large backhoe is demolishing the former British embassy. This piece of equipment is perched about 7 stories above the street! |
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| Temple door at Gotami Vihara. The temple is filled with modern paintings that have a Picasso-esque flavor. Unfortunately, photography is prohibited inside the temple. |
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| Our next stop was the National Museum. |
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| We drove by Victoria Park. |
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| After lunch we visited Kelaniya Rajamaha Vihara. The temple and stupa are in the background. |
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| The inside of the temple with it's modern (late 1700s) Kandiyan style paintings. The sanctum with Buddha is in the background. Elsewhere there are 20th century paintings as well. |
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| A ceiling panel from Kelaniya. |
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| The Bodhi Tree at Kelaniya. |
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| Oil lamps lit behind the Bodhi Tree enclosure. |
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| A monk on the temple steps. |
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| A small pavilion has a statue of the starving Buddha. |
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