“Deer deaths in the Gal Vihara area have decreased, as we now conduct 24-hour patrols. However, deer leave the sacred area to drink water and they get killed by traps, made using wires of three ...

Buddha statues cut out of rock are seen in many places in Sri Lanka. Among them, the ones at Gal Vihara in Polonnaruwa offer a rare sight with four rock-cut statues in a row. Earlier known as ...

During the British colonial period in Sri Lanka (Ceylon), a 12th-century monastic establishment with a colossal stone sculpture of the reclining Buddha had fallen into ruins. The photographer’s ...

A fourth-generation Tamil guide shows you what you’ve been missing: The ancient city of Polonnaruwa with the massive carved Buddha images at Gal Vihara; the tropical modernist architecture of ...

Their army was organized under seven commanders. They were experts from South India. Gal Vihara images - finest anywhere in the world Buddha statues cut out of rock are seen in many places in Sri ...

Wander the remains of a palace citadel that once soared seven storeys high; a monastic hospital and, at the 12th-century Gal Vihara, four Buddha reliefs carved into a smooth wave of stone.