Image title: Bodhisatva Image House

This photograph shows the Bodhisatva Image House as part of the elevated terrace known as Dalada Maluva (the Sacred Quadrangle). It is known as such because the Temple of the Tooth was located here. Buildings on this Quadrangle were either shrines for the tooth-relic or connected with its worship.

The Bodhisatva Image House is also known as:

Sinhalese:
බෝධිසත්ව පිළිම ගේ
bōdhisatva piḷima gē
bodhisatva pilima ge

Tamil:
போதிசத்வ சிலையகம்
pōticatva cilaiyakam
poticatva cilaiyakam

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Gallery information:

These photographs were taken at the Polonnaruwa archaeological site which preserve some of the monuments and religious structures of the ancient kingdom of Polonnaruwa (also Pulathisipura or Vijayarajapura) of Sri Lanka dating to the 10th century CE. Some of the important kings who reigned in this kingdom are King Vijayabahu I and his grandson, king Prakramabahu the Great. The city and it's architecture were influenced by various religious such as Hinduism in its early history, Shaivism and later Buddhism.