Details
Entrance to the Buddhist temple, Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. A monk stands under the arched gateway into the temple with one hand on the left wall of the gateway. The gateway tower rises possibly three stories high. A stone relief sculpture elephant on the wall on each side of the stairway faces the stairs into the gateway. A tall lamp stands on the wall above each elephant. A parapet stands atop the wall. The edge of each step is carved with a repetitive design. Printed in white ink in the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph, "Entrance to the Buddhist Temple, Kandy. Scowen & Co. Ceylon."
Date Published
1894 to 1900
Publisher
Charles T. Scowen and Company (Ceylon)
Subjects
Notes
No date; likely late 1890s
caption: "Entrance to the Buddhist temple. Kandy."
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri—Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 28 cm
Member of
Source File
umkc_lsc_loose_photo-069.tif
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
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