Photographer’s Note
This temple, constructed in 17th century, houses a relic of Buddha, a tooth, which is venerated by Buddhists. The tooth is said to be snatched from his funeral pyre in 543 BC, and smuggled to Sri Lanka in the hair of a princess in the 4th century AD.
The temple was damaged by the Tamil separatists' suicide truck-bomb attack in 1998, but has been repaired soon afterward.
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Copyright: Irena Bozin (oko)
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(163) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2005-03-00
- Categories: Architecture
- Camera: Canon EOS Rebel 2000, Canon EF 75-300 mm f/4-5.6 III USM
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2009-07-01 19:14
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