Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting

Women as door guardians

Buddhist art and symbolism--Sri Lanka

Stone-bas-reliefs--Kandy Cultural Project--Sri Lanka

This dvarapalika (female door guardian), carved at the entrance of a Buddhist religious building was considered to be auspicious. Attributed to the Kandyan period (16th-18th century A.D.), this stone relief was found during excavations in the Kandy Cultural Project area and can be seen at the Cultural Triangle Project Office in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Sirima Kiribamune

Cultural Triangle Project Office in Kandy, Sri Lanka

16th-18th century A.D.

Period of study: 1986-1987

Version: 01/12/2012

Co-Author: Seneviratna, Harsha

Technical Officer: Wijesinghe, Lalith

Technical Assistant: Jayasundare, Subhashini

Photographer: Madanayake, I.S.

International Center for Ethnic Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies, Colombo

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Forms part of Photographic documentation of Women as depicted in early Sri Lankan sculpture and painting / Slide in present collection

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