Buddhist Heritage Sites
Mihintale Galmaduwa Sulugulu Purana Viharaya
මිහින්තලේ ගල්මඩුව සුලුගුලු පුරාණ විහාරය
North Central Province
Anuradhapura District
8°20'14.4"N 80°33'54.7"E
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Broken pillars, a stupa gone to weed, and a temple nobody comes far enough to see.
STAND INSIDE IT — 360°
THE PLACE
A remote temple, nine kilometres from Mihintale town, with broken granite pillars scattered across the ground — flower altars, balustrades, fragments of steps. A dilapidated stupa stands under weed.
Nothing has been reconstructed here and nobody has tidied it. What was standing fell down where it stood, and it is still lying there.
THE PHOTOGRAPHS
THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S NOTES
9 km off Mihintale town, 4.5 km from the Mahakanadara reservoir.
- Viran de Silva
ONWARD
Or let the island choose – take me anywhere
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