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Buddhist Temple, Kalani

c. 1880

Scowen & Co.

(British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895)
Culture
Sri Lanka, Kandy
Medium
Albumen print from glass plate negative
Measurements
Image: 21.5 x 27.7 cm (8 7/16 x 10 7/8 in.); Paper: 21.5 x 27.7 cm (8 7/16 x 10 7/8 in.); Mounted: 29 x 37 cm (11 7/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer 2018.38
Public Domain
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Next to the tree are the buildings of a monastery and a whitewashed, dome-shaped structure with pointed spire, called a stupa.

Description

This image may actually show the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, a sacred fig tree planted in 288 BC in Mahamewna Gardens, Anuradhapura, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Grown from a cutting of the tree in India under which Buddha attained enlightenment, it is one of the most sacred Buddhist relics in Sri Lanka.
A horizontally oriented sepia photograph depicts an exterior view of a temple complex. On the left, a weathered stone structure features four arched openings beneath dense trees. To the right, a tiled roof building stands before a large, white conical stupa topped with a pointed spire. Two thin tree trunks lean across the middle ground, and weathered stone steps appear in the foreground. Dark foliage contrasts against the light stone.

Buddhist Temple, Kalani

c. 1880

Scowen & Co.

(British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895)
Sri Lanka, Kandy

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