1. To start this slideshow click on this picture – once it starts you can advance each slide by clicking on it or wait and it will advance automatically after 5 seconds To exit this slideshow use the Back Arrow on your Browser to return to our Sri Lanka Temples Webpage Photographs by RPS RPS.LAM Sri Lanka – Temples & Ancient Cities Since ancient times Sri Lanka was ruled by monarchs, most notably of the Sinha royal dynasty that lasted over 2000 years. The island was also invaded by South Indian kingdoms and parts of the island were ruled intermittently by their dynasties. Buddhism arrived from India in the 3rd century BCE, brought by Bhikkhu Mahinda. Mahinda's mission won over the Sinhalese monarch Devanampiyatissa of Mihintale, who embraced the faith and propagated it throughout the Sinhalese population These are just a few of the photographs we took of Sri Lanka’s temples and ancient cities. This Slideshow includes The Temple of the Tooth and another three Temples which stand in the jungle on the outskirts of Kandy. Although based in Kandy, we travelled north to visit the rock fortress of Sigiriya, the holy city of Anuradhapura, the shrine at Mihintale, the huge Aukana Buddha, and the wonderful Gal Vihara rock carvings at the ancient ruins of Polonnaruwa.

2. Gadaladeniya Vihara – (The Three Temples – Kandy)

5. Lankatilaka Vihara – (The Three Temples – Kandy)

7. Kataragama Devala – (The Three Temples – Kandy)

8. The Citadel of Sigiriya – (The Lion Rock)

13. The Sacred City of Anuradhapura (Ancient Capital of Ceylon)

23. The Kaludiya Pokuna

24. The (39-foot) – Aukana Buddha

26. The Lion Bath - Mihintale

28. The Staircase – Mihintale (1,840 steps)

29. Mihintale

30. The Pinnacle of Mihintale Kanda

34. The Mihintale Buddha

36. The Kantaka Chaitiya - Mihintale

37. Polonnaruwa

38. The 12 th Century Lotus Bath

39. The Quadrangle – The Terrace of the Tooth Relic - Polonnaruwa

41. The Lotus-Stem Pillars

43. The Vatadage - Polonnaruwa

47. The Thuparama Image House

48. The wonderful Gal Vihara - The 12 th Century Buddhist “Rock Shrine”

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