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Title: Exterior of the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic
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: Exterior. The Buddhist flags hang at the lower level. The wooden beams and brackets as well as side wall of the ground floor has profuse decoration. A golden railing on the first floor is one of two in the temple.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs01525
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1638
Subject: Temples
Flags
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Time Period: 17th, 18th-early 19th century CE
Place: Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Daladā Māligāwa)
Kandy
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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