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Sandakada Pahana

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Sandakada Pahana
Sandakada Pahana
Sandakada Pahana
Sandakada Pahana
Sandakada Pahana
Sandakada Pahana
Sandakada Pahana
Sandakada Pahana
Sandakada Pahana
Sandakada Pahana
Sandakada Pahana
Sandakada Pahana
Sandakada Pahana
Sandakada Pahana
Sandakada Pahana
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Polonnaruwa Vatadage, Polonnaruwa 51000, Sri Lanka

Sandakada pahana, also known as Moon-stone, is a unique feature of the Sinhalese architecture of ancient Sri Lanka. It is an elaborately carved semi-circular stone slab, usually placed at the bottom of staircases and entrances. First seen in the latter stage of the Anuradhapura period, the sandakada pahana evolved through the Polonnaruwa, Gampola and Kandy period. According to historians, the sandakada pahana symbolises the cycle of Saṃsāra in Buddhism.
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