Buddha statue and ruins at Lankatilaka - Polonnaruwa - Sri Lanka
Lankatilaka Vihara is one of the most emblematic structures of the ancient kingdom of Polonnaruwa. Two great walls, each with a thickness of 4m & height of 17m form a narrow aisle leading to a very impressive, though now sadly headless Buddha statue still standing, over 14m high. Built by King Parakrabahu the great, the shrine is a definite deviation in terms of Buddhist architecture: instead of the abstract symbolism of the stupa dagoba the attention is focused on the giant figure of the Buddha, which fill up the entire space within the shrine.
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