Monday, August 8, 2011

Drowned Temple

When Sri Lanka’s great Kotmale Dam was completed and started to fill some decades ago it drowned several villages together with their temples. Recently, unprecedented dryness has left the dam water level lower than it has ever been, exposing some of the long-inundated buildings. This is what one of the temples looks like.
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5 comments:

  1. Chris KangAugust 11, 2011 at 11:55 PM

    Exquisitely beautiful temple remains, Bhante.

    Thanks,
    Chris

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  2. jamesAugust 23, 2011 at 11:34 PM

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  4. MuditāSeptember 14, 2011 at 6:55 AM

    Bhante, sadhu for sharing this. Such fantastic architecture. Would it be possible for these 'drowned' temples to be relocated to higher grounds, away from the Dam?

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  5. UnknownOctober 13, 2011 at 6:05 AM

    So great photos.

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