As our Pillaiyaar koil, there are Buddha temples everywhere . Unlike our temples, they are not small and they come in all shapes as this boat shaped one. And he is very often in the plural
This one is in Colombo
People actually sit and meditate or pray or chant all over the compound
There is a queue but there is no pushing.. you can see they stand decently apart.
The Hindu/ Indian motif is there too - this is Vishwakarma, brother of Ravanan who was crowned king after Ravana knew he was going to be defeated
This is the temple at Kandy - the tooth was taken after Budha's demise from his body and is placed inside seven gold caskets - not on public display except once a year
1 comment:
expecting sri lanka pics, looks great
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