"Ancient Capital of Sri Lanka (Ceylon)" Top 5 Page for this destination Anuradhapura by Oscar_Nonis

Anuradhapura Travel Guide: 106 reviews and 269 photos

Buddha Statue at Awukana

This 42 1/2 feet (13 meters) high statue carved out of solid granite, goes back to the 5th century, to the reign of King Dathusena. On a rainy day, it is said, that one can see droplets of water falling off the tip of the statue's nose hitting the ground exactly between the toes.- a testament to the architectural accuracy of the sculptor. Aukana is about 32 miles south-east of Anuradhapura. Several years ago authorities decided that the modern day pollutants are taking its toll on this ancient statue and erected a brick enclosure around and above it. To this day, this remains somewhat controversial

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Moonstone

moonstone

Moonstones and Guardstones are generally found at entrances or at the bottom of stairways to temples, shrines, dagobas, and other important buildings. These are considered to be the most characteristic forms of classical Sinhala sculpture. Moonstone is a semi-circular slab of stone with richly carved bands of animals, lion, bull, elephant and horse in particular. A close inspection of these bands will reveal that each pose of each animal is slightly different to the previous pose, almost like the adjoining "cels" in a Disney cartoon

Last visit to Anuradhapura: Feb 2003
Intro Updated Jul 9, 2004
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Comments (10)

freya_heaven Apr 8, 2005 at 1:27 AM Report Abuse

Wish I had made it to Anuradhapura, looks beautiful, next time....... Nice page Oscar, (~_~)
mtncorg Dec 27, 2004 at 9:21 AM Report Abuse

Another magical center of Sri Lanka, just remember the mosquito spray and say 'hi' to the monkeys;-]
call_me_rhia Oct 13, 2004 at 12:27 PM Report Abuse

precious hotel tips again.. and not only.. thanksss
kyoub Aug 21, 2004 at 9:21 AM Report Abuse

Great page well done. Super photos
roamer61 Mar 5, 2004 at 10:49 AM Report Abuse

Marvelous. Great site.
palmas57 Nov 5, 2003 at 8:36 PM Report Abuse

You have very nice pictures.
AyurinHiro Nov 5, 2003 at 7:24 AM Report Abuse

Oh,the Awukana statue is so tall! And the shape is beautiful!
bluewilldo Apr 10, 2003 at 4:17 PM Report Abuse

This is increadible!
marishabandb Mar 23, 2003 at 10:14 PM Report Abuse

Thank you for showing me this beautiful place again
Nina-Maarit Mar 17, 2003 at 1:47 AM Report Abuse

Fabulous pics & nice info! This must be a very interesting place!