Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Weherahena Temple



A large Buddha statue here is painted with very bright colours. There are hundreds of scenes painted to show the Buddha's life. There are three underground storeys and there you can see the shrine room in which thewalls are decorated with murals depicting the Buddha's life.

A 25m high colourful Buddha statue built at Veherahena Temple. The temple is about 2 km from the Matara town. Artificial cave decorated with 200 comic book style scenes from the life of Buddha. Illustrations on the buddha telling the life of buddha. There you can see the shrine room in which the walls are decorated with the murals depicting the Buddha’s life



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