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Title: Gal Vihāra complex: Seated Buddha figure: Statue carved in rock: Makara heads
Creator: Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued: 2005
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 six makara heads in bas-relief flanking the torso area (here showing three on the right side) of the Buddha statue, have lion-figures exuding out of their mouths. The teeth of the makara on the left side are clearly visible.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01005.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1103
Subject: Bas-relief
Makara
Time Period: 12th century CE
Place: Gal Vihāra (Temple of stone): Uttarārāmā
Polonnaruva
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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