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Sri Maha Bodhi and Anuradhapura
2008.01.03
Monkey and snake player on the way
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Monkey and snake player on the way
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A touch of the untouchables
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A touch of the untouchables
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Boy at Chilaw
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Boy at Chilaw
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Student monks, whom the future relies on
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Student monks, whom the future relies on
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The family of flower seller for pilgrimages
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The family of flower seller for pilgrimages
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Guardstones at the main gate of every temple. This one is outside of Sri Maha Bodhi. It's sad that we arrived late in the evening and could not get a good picture of the oldest living plant on earth
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Guardstones at the main gate of every temple. This one is outside of Sri Maha Bodhi. It's sad that we arrived late in the evening and could not get a good picture of the oldest living plant on earth
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A friendly family welcoming our group of aliens
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A friendly family welcoming our group of aliens
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Main shrine room at Sri Maha Bodhi
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Main shrine room at Sri Maha Bodhi
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Oil lamp offering in public space
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Oil lamp offering in public space
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Volunteers offering a bit sweety ginger tea free for all passers-by
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Volunteers offering a bit sweety ginger tea free for all passers-by
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At Palm Garden Village Hotel. A 5* hotel at 3* cost
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At Palm Garden Village Hotel. A 5* hotel at 3* cost
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The travelling group with the tour guide, Nihal Adihetti, a good fellow from Ceylon Tours
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The travelling group with the tour guide, Nihal Adihetti, a good fellow from Ceylon Tours
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The rock temple, Isurumuniya, at Anuradhapura
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The rock temple, Isurumuniya, at Anuradhapura
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Lord Buddha at His nirvana
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Lord Buddha at His nirvana
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Security force on the road
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Security force on the road
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The tallest and biggest dagaba in Sri Lanka at Ruwanveli Seya.
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The tallest and biggest dagaba in Sri Lanka at Ruwanveli Seya.
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Walking on bare feet... It's hot!
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Walking on bare feet... It's hot!
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Changing clothes
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Changing clothes
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Close up of the dagabha. There are four small shrines at each direction
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Close up of the dagabha. There are four small shrines at each direction
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Mother and son
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Mother and son
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The elephant wall
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The elephant wall
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At the outskirt of the dagaba
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At the outskirt of the dagaba
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The first dagaba built in Sri Lanka at Thuparamaya. The dagabo is said to contain the right collar bone of Lord Buddha
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The first dagaba built in Sri Lanka at Thuparamaya. The dagabo is said to contain the right collar bone of Lord Buddha
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Elephant pond
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Elephant pond
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The famous moonstone. Outer circle contains four animals, representing four stages of life: elephant - birth, cow - aging, lion - sickness, and horse - death. The inner circle is a lotus representing nirvana
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The famous moonstone. Outer circle contains four animals, representing four stages of life: elephant - birth, cow - aging, lion - sickness, and horse - death. The inner circle is a lotus representing nirvana
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The ruin
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The ruin
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Shrine room next to the Abhayagiri dagaba
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Shrine room next to the Abhayagiri dagaba
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Lord Buddha at nirvana
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Lord Buddha at nirvana
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Abhayagiri dagaba under renovation
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Abhayagiri dagaba under renovation
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The twin pond
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The twin pond
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This is an excerpt of our journey in Sri Lanka starting 23rd Dec, '07. As you can see, people at Lanka are very friendly, especially when our group includes children at five and eight.
All temples, dagabas and ruins in Anuradhapura are over 2,000 years, AND, are well kept. People have to enter these premises on bare feet. Imagine for yourself the feels when you walk on coarse sand under bright sun at a temperature over 30C in the afternoon.
Buddhist statues in Lanka are very colorful and when staying inside any shrine room for a couple more minutes, visitors will all, without exception, find themselves the inner world of peacefulness. People bring only flowers to offer, and burn oil lamps outside of the shrine rooms, praying respect to our Lord Buddha and likely, for a better next-life. No incense, no smokes, no noisy and lousy tourists and merchants, the feel is very different from that in China.
Above pictures captured our visit at the Sri Maha Bodhi, the oldest living plant on earth since 2BC, and other temples in Anuradhapura, the first capital of Sri Lanka.
