Asokaramaya Buddhist Temple, Colombo

Asokaramaya Buddhist Temple, Colombo, Sri Lanka (3 September, 2005)


Asokaramaya Buddhist Temple (GPS: 6.89111, 79.8645) at Thimbirigasyaya Road in Colombo, Sri Lanka, looks like a rather mediocre temple from the outside. I visited it with a small group of AsiaExplorers members. Since we have so many places still to cover, we sent someone inside to check out whether it is worth our time. He came back excited, and told us to quickly go inside.

What greeted us, when we entered the Asokaramaya is some of the finest wall murals I have ever seen in Sri Lanka. The details, the colours, were exquisite to the minute detail. The result is like nothing I have seen before, for it depicts Sri Lankans as Buddhist, something outside the normal Buddhists which are often Thai, or Burmese, or Tibetan or Chinese.

The Asokaramaya is truly a worthy destination to explore if you ever find yourself in Sri Lanka. Print out this page and show it to a taxi driver!

Address

Asokaramaya Buddhist Temple
Thimbirigasyaya Road,
Colombo 00500, Sri Lanka.
Phone: +94 72 667 9364

Statue of Buddha surrounded by attendants, Asokaramaya (3 September, 2005)


Ceiling, Asokaramaya (3 September, 2005)


The well embellished walls and doorway of Asokaramaya (3 September, 2005)


Murals, Asokaramaya (3 September, 2005)


Seated Buddha, Asokaramaya (3 September, 2005)


Front view of the seated Buddha at Asokaramaya (3 September, 2005)


The main Seated Buddha statue at Asokaramaya (3 September, 2005)


Ceiling mural, Asokaramaya (3 September, 2005)

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