- Sigiriya ; Sinhagiri (8th Wonder of the World)
Location – Dambulla
Matale Disrict
Central Province
Sri Lanka
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- This is one of the most Stunning Place in Sri Lanka
- Sigiriya is an ancient rock fortress
- Historical and Archaeological Significant Place
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- King Kashyapa selected this place as new capital
- UNESCO declared Sigiriya as the 8th Wonder of the World
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Get to know about History
Amazing Architecture
Frescoes and Mirror wall
Significant features
- Mirror Wall
- This wall was so highly polished that the king could see himself whilst he walked alongside it.
- People of all types wrote on the wall, on varying subjects such as love, irony and experiences of all sorts.
- Writing on mirror wall now has been banned for the protection of the old writings
- Senarath Paranavithana deciphered 685 verses written on the mirror wall
- Frescoes
- Western face of the rock has covered by the paintings
- The area is 140 meters long and 40 meters high
- There are references in the graffiti to 500 ladies in these paintings
- But, most of them are lost forever
- These frescoes are classified as in the Anuradhapura Period
- There are various ideas about the identity of the ladies in the frescoes
- Some believe that they are the ladies of the kings
- Others think that they are women taking part in religious observances
- Pictures have a close resemblance to paintings seen in the Ajantha Caves in India.
- Water Gardens
- The Water Gardens are built symmetrically on an east-west axis.
- They are connected with the outer moat
- Sinhapadaya
- Boulder Gardens
- Terraced Gardens
