SHIVA DEVALAYA II, POLONNARUWA, SRI LANKA
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Polonnaruwa Shiva Devalaya - 01 | පොළොන්නරුව ශිව දේවාලය - 01
The Shiva Devalaya ( No 1) is located in Polonnaruwa old city between the Royal Palace complex and the sacred Quadrangle. The builder of this Hindu Shrine is not clearly identified. But its believed that this was constructed in 13th century AD by south Indian invaders. This was constructed according to the Pandya architectural style.This Devalaya is build mainly with the stonework, which were done very precisely and no plastering were done to connect the stone bricks to each other.You can see the stone Shiva lingam inside, its still worshiped by the people nowadays even. At present you can't see the roof of this Shiva Devalaya, but its believe that that was done in bricks.
පොළොන්නරු යුගයේ පෞරානික නෂ්ටාවශේෂ අතර හින්දු දේවාල නටඹුන් ද හමු වීම වීම සුවිශේෂත්වයකි.හින්දු දේවාලයන්හි නිර්මාණාත්මක ලක්ෂණ බෞද්ධ ගොඩනැගිලි කෙරෙහි බලපෑ අතර ,හින්දු ආගමික විශ්වාසයන්ද තරමක් දුරට බෞද්ධ දහම කෙරෙහි බලපෑම් ඇති කර ඇත. පැරණි පුරවරයට ප්‍රවිෂ්ට වත්ම අංක 01 ශිව දේවාලය හමු වේ.දකුණු ඉන්දීය සොළීන් යටතේ පාලනය වූ ශිෂෟඨාචාරය මෙයින් හඳුනාගත හැකිය.13 වන සියවසේ ගලින් නිර්මිත ගඩොල් ශිඛර සහිත පාණ්ඩ්‍ය ශෛලිය මෙම හින්දු දේවස්ථාන වලිනි පැහැදිලි වේ.ශිව දෙවියන් විසින් රජු ආරක්සා කළ ආකාරය ද ඔහු සතු දිව්‍යමය බලයද ආගමික ස්මාරකයක් වශයෙන් මෙම ගොඩනැගිල්ලලෙන් විදහා පායි.මෙම ශෛලමය මූර්ති දකුණු ඉන්දීය හෛළියෙන් නිරිමාණය වී ඇති අතර මේවා ඉන්දීය ශිල්පීන් විසින් පොළෙන්නරුවේ දී නිර්මාණය කරන ලද හෝ මෙරටට ආනයනය කරන ලද හෝ ඒවා විය හැකිය. හින්දු ගෘහ නිර්මාණ ලක්ෂණ වන මණ්ඩප ,ගර්භගෘහ,අන්තරාල යනාදියෙන් පිළිම ගෙය සමන්විත වේ.පියසි මට්ටමේ වූ ජනේලය ව්‍යාඝ්‍ර රූපයන්ගෙන් අලංකෘත වේ.මෙහි දක්නට ලැබෙන පාෂාණ වර්ගය පොළොන්නරු ප්‍රදේශයේ දක්නට නොලැබෙන්නකි.
Shiva Devalaya ( No 2) - One of the oldest buildings of the Polonnaruwa
This is the oldest Hindu shrine in Polonnaruwa. Known as Siva Devale No.2, it had been built by King Rajaraja I (985 - 1014 A.D.). According to a tamil inscription found in situ this has been dedicated to the consort of the above king, Vnavanmadevi.
Polonnaruwa Shiva Devalaya - 02 | පොළොන්නරුව ශිව දේවාලය - 02
The Track To Shiva Devale No. 2 in Polonnaruwa
Cycling down the track to Shiva Devale No. 2 in Polonnaruwa
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Ancient Cities Polonnaruwa, Shiva Devale Number 2 Carrie gets blessed
A woman at Shiva Devale No 2 in Polonnaruwa, one of the Ancient Cities in Sri Lanka, blesses Carrie outside the devale.
Shiva Devalaya (No 01) - dedicated to God Shiva
The Shiva Devalaya (No 1) is located in Polonnaruwa old city between the Royal Palace complex and the sacred Quadrangle. According to the archaeologists, this building belongs to 13th century, through they had not found about the creator of this Shiva Devala. According to the scholars, the stones used in building this, are strange to Sri Lanka, and they had been imported to Sri Lanka. As this Devalaya dedicated to God Shiva, even now Hindus as well as Buddhists come here and pay homage and also make vows.
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Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka
Video with images of ancient monuments in Polonnaruwa a former capital of the Sinhalese kingdom in the northeast plain of central Sri Lanka.
South of the ancient city wall is a water reservoir with a group of monuments from the twelfth century. One of these monuments is an image of a human person with a beard and moustache. This person has a full face, big forehead and round belly. The garment around his waist is tied in a knot. The object in his hands is presumably a book. This realistic image of a human person differs from other images which in general represent an idealized or stylized Buddha figure. It is not exactly clear who this image must represent. Some say that the image is an Indian guru or sage. Others think that it is king Parakramabahu who reigned the kingdom in the middle of the twelfth century.
Within the ancient city wall near his royal palace is an audience hall where king Parakramabahu managed all public administration and legislation. Here he presided meetings with his ministers and prominent citizens. Here were also public lectures and ceremonies. The audience hall consists of terraces with reliefs of sculpted elephants and lions which are all represented in different positions. The reliefs of the upper terrace depict round bellied dwarfs or ganna as a symbol of prosperity. At the top of the staircase which leads to the entrance are two giant lions. Stone columns on top of the audience hall used to carry a wooden roof. Each column has an inscription with the name of a minister who used to sit in a chair near the pillar.
North of the palace complex is a quadrangular fenced terrace with other monuments. The Vatadage built by king Parakramabahu is a round image house on a platform. The platform wall is decorated with reliefs of animals, flowers and dwarfs. Four staircases with a guardstone on both sides and a moon stone at the foot lead to an entrance where Buddha sits with his back against a central dagoba. Opposite the Vatadage are two temples for the tooth relic of Buddha. The Atadage was built by Parakramabahu's predecessor king Vijayabahu. Only some pillars and a statue of Buddha remain. The Hatadage was built by Prakaramabahu's successor king Nissanka Malla. A wall with a staircase remains, as well as a guard stone and three Buddha statues. The adjacent Latha Mandapaya was built by king Nissanka Malla. It is a square pavilion with a latticed stone fence. In the middle of the platform is a small dagoba encircled by stone pillars shaped like lotus stalks. Next to these temples is the Gal Pota which was presumably made by king Nissanka Malla. The sides of this large stone book show reliefs of elephants that sprinkle the goddess of prosperity with water. The nearby Satmahal Prasada is a red brick image house in the shape of a stepped pyramid with six diminishing stories. At the outside are niches with remains of divine images. Close to the fenced terrace is a Hindu temple from the thirteenth century. This Shiva Devale temple has Tamil inscriptions and a styled lingam. The temple shows the return of Indian influences in the latter days of the Polonnaruwa kingdom.
North of the ancient city wall is another group of monuments. One of these monuments is the Rankot Vihara a dagoba which was built by king Nissanka Malla. The dagoba has a dome of earth fill covered by a brick mantle and plaster coating. At the foot is an image house and altars. The Gal Vihara is a rock temple from the middle of the twelfth century with three giant Buddha images which were all cut from one long slab of granite rock. They were part of a monastery built by king Parakramabahu. At the left is a seated Buddha in meditation. On the background are rock sculptures of a gate and buildings. Then comes a simple portico which leads to an image house in the rock. Next is a standing Buddha with his hands crossed in front of his breast. Presumably this is Buddha after reaching enlightenment or a pupil that mourns for the death of his teacher. At the right is an image of a reclining Buddha. His head rests on a pillow with the symbol of a sun wheel. It is the image of a dying Buddha who enters nirvana.
Journey to Polonnaruwa
A journey into the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa - the Second of Sri Lanka's Ancient Kingdoms. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Polonnorawa remains one of the the best planned archaeological sites of its times and is a testimony to the discipline and determination of its various rulers. Today the well preserved temples and structures provides a snapshot into Medieval Sri Lanka and its rulers.
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The history of Polonnaruwa
Polonnaruwa was the thriving commercial and religious centre of Sri Lanka some 800 years ago. It consists of a lot of temples and religious buildings. For three centuries it was the royal capital, of both the Chola and Sinhalese kingdoms. In Polonnaruwa, it all started in the late 10th century when the South Indian Chola dynasty had conquered Sri Lanka.
The Cholas chose Polonnaruwa as their new capital and moved the capital from Anuradhapura. Their reasons were apparently that is was a strategically better place to be protected from attacks from the Ruhunu Sinhalese kingdom in the south-east, and that it had fewer mosquitos!!! LOL, it didn`t feel like there was a lack of mosquitos here, especially in the evenings when they came out in swarms……
In 1070 though, the Chola dynasty was overtaken by the Sinhalese kingdom (King Vijayabahu I), which kept Polonnaruwa as his capital. And it was during this Sinhalese period that Polonnaruwa reached its high glory.
The second king (King Parakramabahu I, 1153-86) built many large buildings, beautiful parks and a huge lake/ tank of water (25 square km). The third king (King Nisanka Malla, 1187 – 96) tried to match his predecessors`achievements, and ended up bankrupting the kingdom in his attempts!
In the early 13th century the cities glory was fading, it was abandoned, and the capital moved to the western side of the island where Colombo is today. That was the sad end of the era of beautiful Polonnaruwa as a capital.
Royal Palace in Polonnaruwa
This is the Royal palace of king Parakramabahu, was built in 12th century, 150 feet long and 150 feet wide. in the historical books it says there ware 1000 rooms, but now only 55 ruins of rooms remaining. in the video I'm walking through. this was a castle with 7 floors, but now only ruins of 3 floors can be seen. worth vising i suggest you, thank you.
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