The temple was huge with so much to see. You could spend a whole day there and still not see everything.
Some of the art was incredible.
Sri Lanka – Colombo – Buddhist Temple Gangaramaya – Elephants
Elephants seemed to be venerated. It seemed strange to me. Inside the temple there was a big Elephants head and huge stuffed elephant.
Outside, in a tiny pen, they had a young elephant chained up so that it could hardly move. It seemed a very unbuddhist type of thing to do.
The poor elephant looked half-crazed and was exhibiting all manner of disturbed behaviour.
Sri Lanka – Colombo – Buddhist Temple Gangaramaya
Our next port of call was the Buddhist temple of Gangaramaya.
Outside the florists sold their flowers as offerings.
Inside it was like a museum of porcelain Buddhas.
The wood carvings on the panelling were delightful.
The monks were very friendly.
Like most Buddhist temples, it had a serene feel to it – though this was far busier than many I have been to.
