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Title: Isurumuniya, rock temple: Upper dome and superstructure of stūpa
Creator: de Silva, Preethi
Date Created and/or Issued: 1999
Publication Information: Claremont Colleges Library
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Ancient Cultural Sites and Royal Residences
Rights Information: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Description: The upper dome and superstructure of the modern stūpa are covered in plaster with ornamental decoration on the Hataraskotuwa (Tee cube). Above it is the cylindrical devata kotuwa; both are used as repositories for relics. Multiple "umbrellas" form a spire, the Koth Kerella, which tapers supporting a finial of metal.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00736.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/860
Subject: Shrines (structures)
Time Period: 19th-20th century CE
Place: Isurumuniya (Kurunegala Road)
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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