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Banagé Polanaruwa (Preaching House)

Date

1870–1871

Medium

Albumen silver print

Culture

British

Department

Photographs

Institution

Getty Museum

View of a section of the ruins of the Vatadage, or hall of relics, at Polonnaruva, showing its outer concentric terrace wall. The wall features carvings depicting lion figures along its lower band and human figures in the band above it. The aerial root of possibly a bodhi tree can be seen growing amidst the ruins.

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