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Title: Kudā Gal Vihāra ("lesser Rock-hewn Temple"): cave shrine: seated Buddha statues
Creator: de Silva, Preethi
Date Created and/or Issued: 2016
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 two caves here in rocky outcrops would have been used as shrines. The one at left has been vandalized and no statues. The cave at left has four older Buddha statues as well as more recent ones placed there by pilgrims or other donors.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01471.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1569
Subject: Caves
Shrines (structures)
Time Period: Unknown
Place: Kudā Gal Vihāra
Polonnaruva
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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