» THE THUPARAMA DAGABA
This most ancient of Sri Lanka dagaba's was built by King Devanampiya Tissa to enshrine the Buddha's collar bone. Originally of the "paddy - heap" shape, its present "bell" shape dates to reconstruction in the 1840s. The graceful monolithic pillars surrounding it once upheld a circular roof making the shrine a Vata Dage (Circular - Relic - house) a characteristically Sinhala architectural feature.
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