Polonnaruwa - Sri Lanka

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• Introduction

• Kings who ruled Polonnaruwa

• Stupas and Monuments

• Image Houses

• Ancient Palaces

• Conclusion

CONTENT

THE KINGS WHO RULED POLONNARUWA

• CHOLA 1017-1070• VIJAYABAHU – 1 1070-1110 • JAYABAHU – 1 1110-1111• VIKRAMABAHU – 1 1111-1132• GAJABAHU – 11 1132-1159• PARAKRAMABAHU – 1 1153-1186• VIJAYABAHU – 11 1186-1187• NISSANKAMALLA 1187-1196• VIKRAMABAHU – 11 1196• CHODA GANGA 1196-1197• LILAWATHEE 1197-2000• SAHASA MALLAWA 1200-1202• KALYANAWATHI 1202-1208• DHARMASHOKA 1208-1209• ANIKANGA MAHADIPADA 1209• LILAWATHEE (2nd time) 1209-1210• LOKESHWARA 1210-1211• LILAWATHEE ( 3rd time) 1211-1212• PARAKRAMABAHU PANDU 1212-1215• MAGHA (Kalinga Vijayabahu) 1215-1236

POLONNARUWA

• RANKOTH VEHARA• KIRI VEHARA• WATADAGEYA

TYPES OF STUPA

1. GHANTAKARA - (Bell shape)

2. GHATAKARA - (Pot shape)

3. PADAMAKARA - (Lotus shape)

4. DHANYAKARA – (Heap of paddy shape)

5. BUBBULAKARA - (Bubble shape)

6. AMLAKARA - (Shape of Nelli fruit)

PARTS OF STUPA

• PESAVALALU – Berms or terraces

• GHARBAYA – Hemispherical Dome

• HATHARAS KOTUWA – Tee Cube

• DEVATHA KOTUWA – Cylindrical neck

• KOTH KERELLA – Conical Spire

• KOTHA

RANKOTH VEHARABuild by king Nissankamalla

RANKOTH VEHARA

• BUILD BY – King Nissankamalla• HEIGHT – 55mtrs• OLD NAME – Ruwanvali dagaba

KIRI VEHARA

KIRI VEHARA

• BUILD BY – King Parakramabahu• HEIGHT – 95 mtrs

The Sage (King Parakramabahu)

IT IS A 12TH CENTURY STATUE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS “THE SAGE”BUT POPULARLY BELIEVED TO REPRESENT PARAKRAMBAHU.

The VatadageDESPITE CLAIMING TO HAVE DONE SO,THE VATADAGE WAS NOT BUILT BY NISSANKAMALLA BUT ONLY REPAIRED AND EMBELLISHED BY HIM.

Gal Vihare-Rock ShrineTHE MOST IMPRESSIVE SCULPTURES AT POLONNARUWA ARE THE COLOSSAL BUDDHA IMAGES CARVED ON THE FACE OF A GRANITEBOULDER AT THE GAL VIHARE.

Royal Palace

Audience Hall

Parakrama Samudraya

“Not even a little water that comes from the rain must flow into the ocean without being made useful to man”

Lankathilakaya

Buddhist architecture

Hindu influence

*Two great walls*Very impressive

Thuparamaya

whole building as survived over 900 years miraculously

The statue are made of the precious stone which reflect sunlight illuminating

Thiwanka Image House

Frescos showing the Jathaka Stories

Uncommon lady Bahirawa Image

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