Sri Lanka: Left: The chair of the last king of Ceylon, Sri Vikrama Rajasinha (1780 - 30 January 1832). Middle: A copy of the Paththirippuwa at the Temple of the Tooth. Asgiriya Vihara (temple), Kandy. Asgiriya Vihara, the ‘Monastery of the Horse Mountain’, was built by the family of Pilima Talauve in the early 19th century, on a plot adjoining the ancient royal cremation ground. The Asgiriya Vihara is a rather smallish, inconspicuous temple, but as one of the seats of Goyigama religious power, of great significance.

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