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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
Recent additions of two colorfully painted, seated Buddha statues, which appear to have been removed for their original location and placed in this shrine. They may be of foreign origin.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs01470.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/1568
Subject
Statues
Shrines (structures)
Caves
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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