Maligawila

Monaragala District · Sri Lanka

Maligawila, Sri Lanka
Photo: Pasanm79, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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May to September
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A forest clearing in Uva sheltering two colossal free-standing stone statues, a standing Buddha and a Bodhisattva, re-erected after centuries fallen. Ruined shrines and inscriptions lie scattered under tall trees around them.

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