http://community.webshots.com/user/misescu10 Latest photos from misescu10 at Webshots en-us Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:47:26 GMT http://travel.webshots.com/album/548097141amRCJs Photos Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:23:23 GMT <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548097141amRCJs"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/58/158/3/79/49/2443379490086572749VXtRKi_th.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="Isurumuni Raja Maha Viharaby misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548097141amRCJs"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/50/150/7/97/32/2492797320086572749pnJLBV_th.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="View of the temple entrance from the top of the rockby misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548097141amRCJs"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/62/62/0/52/69/2908052690086572749KMjzpt_th.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="A little shrine somewhere behind the old templeby misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <p>Isurumuniya temple, in Anuradhapura, built in the 3rd century B.C. is noted for its rock carvings. The best known among these is the "Lovers". Many a poet and song writer has taken inspiration from this carving to write their masterpieces. It is believed</p> <p> by misescu10<br><a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548097141amRCJs">see more photos from this album (22) ...</a></p> http://travel.webshots.com/album/548227772oXsPXw Photos Sat, 04 Mar 2006 18:16:44 GMT <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548227772oXsPXw"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/64/164/2/74/11/2268274110086572749AFtniw_th.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="One of the main streets of Anuradhapuraby misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548227772oXsPXw"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/51/51/5/92/26/2430592260086572749egGPLR_th.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="One of the main streets of Anuradhapuraby misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548227772oXsPXw"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/52/52/3/22/8/2511322080086572749kwJjwu_th.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="Hindu templeby misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <p>For over that a thousand years, Sinhalese kings, and occasional south Indian interlopers, ruled from the great city of Anuradhapura. It is the most extensive and important of the Sri Lankan ancient cities.</p> <p> by misescu10<br><a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548227772oXsPXw">see more photos from this album (41) ...</a></p> http://travel.webshots.com/album/548227072PbtByX Photos Sat, 04 Mar 2006 15:38:56 GMT <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548227072PbtByX"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/54/54/9/35/39/2246935390086572749VvrKxh_th.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="by misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548227072PbtByX"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/64/164/8/32/94/2304832940086572749thqLkL_th.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="by misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548227072PbtByX"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/52/52/1/88/7/2685188070086572749fLdWKa_th.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="by misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <p>Small pool surmounted by a 2m-high rampant lion, reckoned to be oen of the best pieces of animal carving in the country. Here are the fine friezes around it.</p> <p> by misescu10<br><a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548227072PbtByX">see more photos from this album (11) ...</a></p> http://travel.webshots.com/album/548226139Xshlyk Photos Sat, 04 Mar 2006 15:08:06 GMT <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548226139Xshlyk"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/53/53/8/97/72/2030897720086572749bhYotG_th.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="Certainly one of the oldest dagoba at Mihintaleby misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548226139Xshlyk"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/55/155/6/70/23/2151670230086572749hWkTWt_th.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="by misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548226139Xshlyk"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/63/163/1/81/80/2245181800086572749uqlkqR_th.jpg" width="75" height="100" border="0" alt="One of the four "Vahalkadas"by misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <p>Kantaka Chetiya, Mihintale, Sri Lanka 2006</p> <p> by misescu10<br><a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548226139Xshlyk">see more photos from this album (12) ...</a></p> http://travel.webshots.com/album/548226067RkEPIy Photos Sat, 04 Mar 2006 14:28:47 GMT <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548226067RkEPIy"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/64/164/4/4/1/2068404010086572749tFLmmc_th.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="The name Abbasthale means "mango tree" and refers to a riddle that Mahinda used to test the kingby misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548226067RkEPIy"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/62/62/7/14/1/2532714010086572749CiFdrn_th.jpg" width="75" height="100" border="0" alt="The stone pillars that surround the temple once supported a roofby misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548226067RkEPIy"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/62/162/3/18/80/2139318800086572749loaHIW_th.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="by misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <p>Ambasthale Dagoba, Mihintale, Sri Lanka 2006</p> <p> by misescu10<br><a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548226067RkEPIy">see more photos from this album (11) ...</a></p> http://travel.webshots.com/album/548101221bRMNat Photos Sat, 04 Mar 2006 08:58:16 GMT <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548101221bRMNat"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/61/161/5/83/37/2320583370086572749SvWjOY_th.jpg" width="75" height="100" border="0" alt="The hospitalby misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548101221bRMNat"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/64/164/9/34/4/2203934040086572749cqXoHK_th.jpg" width="75" height="100" border="0" alt="A "bet oruva" (large stone trough)by misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548101221bRMNat"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/64/64/2/90/71/2754290710086572749bnROxT_th.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="Cows grazing peacefully among these old ruinsby misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <p>Eleven km of Anuradhapura on the road to Trincomalee, Mihintale is of enormous spiritual significance to the Sinhalese because it is where Buddhism originated in Sri Lanka. In 247 BC King Devanampiya Tissa of Anuradhapura met mahinda, son of the great Ind</p> <p> by misescu10<br><a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548101221bRMNat">see more photos from this album (30) ...</a></p> http://travel.webshots.com/album/548099226bEOico Photos Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:53:45 GMT <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548099226bEOico"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/56/156/3/14/47/2163314470086572749nQdOhA_th.jpg" width="75" height="100" border="0" alt="Raised in the 2nd century B.C. this dagoba is supposed to have the perfect water bubble shapeby misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548099226bEOico"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/50/50/4/50/75/2621450750086572749KXUWgz_th.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="Guarded by a wall with a frieze of hundreds of elephants standing shoulder to shoulderby misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548099226bEOico"><img src="http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/61/61/8/34/79/2012834790086572749dBAbVh_th.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="Apart from a few beside the western entrance....by misescu10"></a>&nbsp; <p>Ruwanweliseya, or the "Great Stupa" is regarded as one of the most important stupas at Anuradhapura in north-central Sri Lanka: Much restored, the great dome, circled with old columns, is still to be seen in Anuradhapura, now a great park. During major fe</p> <p> by misescu10<br><a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/548099226bEOico">see more photos from this album (39) ...</a></p>