Entrance to the Nata Dewale Grounds, Kandy

Cleveland Museum of Art

Entrance to the Nata Dewale Grounds, Kandy

Scowen & Co.

Date: c. 1880
Medium: Albumen print from glass plate negative
Culture: India, 19th century
Department: Photography
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

This is probably the entrance to a site for the worship of Natha, the Ceylonese counterpart of the all-compassionate Buddhist deity Mahayana Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. The shrine in Kandy dedicated to him, considered an especially lucky and sacred place, was where some royal ceremonies were held, including that for the naming of new kings.

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