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Title: Image house: Standing Buddha statue
Creator: Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued: 2011
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 central, colossal standing Buddha statue. It is the tallest Buddha statue in Sri Lanka and was found lying horizontally with damage to several parts, including the right hand, face and feet. Restoration to its present state completed in 1991.View from right side of viewer. 37 feet, 10 inches (11.53 meters) in height, carved out of dolomite limestone rock. It is 41 feet, 10 inches in height, with the pedestal.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: acs00092.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/160
Subject: Buddha
Statues
Time Period: 7th century CE. Fallen statue, found in the 1950s, restored and raised in 1991
Place: Maligawila (Maligawela), monastery complex, possibly at the location called Kanagama.
Maligawila (Maligawela). Monerāgala District, Uva province. 15 km from Butthala.
Sri Lanka
Relation: Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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