flower power

loti? lotuses? lotici? purples and pinks and white...hawkers often line the steps - which always seem to be involved - in reaching some sort of buddha worshipping place...

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UnBedazzled

June 13th 2010
*note on buddha: since i'm using his name and giving no royalties... ...for the first time, i've bothered reading a tad into the imagery associated with buddha/buddhist art. ...and the thing I love most - that I always thought was some Vanity Smurf complex or tribal ID like in africa - has its own meaning as it turns out. check out the buddha's droopy earlobes (I actually sung to 1 of the 100 b ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka » Central Province » Dambulla

The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa... ... read more

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