Cleveland Museum of Art
Buddhist Temple, Kalani
Scowen & Co.
- Date
- c. 1880
- Medium
- Albumen print from glass plate negative
- Culture
- Sri Lanka, Kandy
- Department
- Photography
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This image may actually show the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, a sacred fig tree planted in 288 BC in Mahamewna Gardens, Anuradhapura, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Grown from a cutting of the tree in India under which Buddha attained enlightenment, it is one of the most sacred Buddhist relics in Sri Lanka. Next to the tree are the buildings of a monastery and a whitewashed, dome-shaped structure with pointed spire, called a stupa.
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