Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Golden Temple


Golden Temple
Originally uploaded by mayavi.
From Poonurwala, we reached Dambulla !!! This place is known for its Golden Temple and cave temple. On the right you see the golden temple at Dambulla. I remember having heard that this statue is visible from the flight when you come to Sri Lanka. But I must admit that the statue was so gaudy and bright in its appearance as is seen on the photo - a grandeur is all I can say !!!

3 comments:

Monicaatje said...

Question: does it just look golden or is it made out of gold?

I have a thing with gold... maybe it's cuz the spaniards took most of it to Spain after they robbed latinamerican natives, or built very ostentatious temples here that I'm not much of a gold person...

The image of Buddha is nice tho, his hands in that position and that thingy with teeth under it... I like it, tho I would probably like it better wasn't it so golden :S

Enchanted Mind said...

No..its not made of gold !!!!

Monicaatje said...

Good.
Should see come churches here in latinamerica (I haven't seen the personally but i think it's outrageous).