PULLIGODA GALGE
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Description
An unspecified cave on a boulder (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1983: 112) is located at Pulligoda and contains rock art. Compare the –>Dimbulagala Caves and –>Puduli Galge. SITUATION: CEYLON TRAVELLER (1974: ?, 1983: 112) places Pulligoda at a travelling distance of three and a half miles (5.6 km) approximately south of Dimbulagala / Gunner's Quoin (note 1). KUSCH (1973c: 22) places Pulligoda-Galge cave (note 2) near Dimbulgala (sic) in a so-called Tamankaduwa district (note 3). CULTURAL HISTORY - rock art: Two layers of plaster of clay and lime have been applied on the rock face to prepare it for the painting, which depicts five gods seated on a beautifully embroidered scarf --four in the anjali mudra (making obeisance with palms together) and the fifth holds up a garland of flowers. Part of the painting, which probably belongs to the 12th century, has broken off (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: ?, 1983: 112). KUSCH (1973c: 22) had learned about Pulligoda Galge containing relics of 12th-century paintins depicting four godlings with aureole seated on a carpet.An unspecified cave on a boulder (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1983: 112) is located at Pulligoda and contains rock art. Compare the –>Dimbulagala Caves and –>Puduli Galge. SITUATION: CEYLON TRAVELLER (1974: ?, 1983: 112) places Pulligoda at a travelling distance of three and a half miles (5.6 km) approximately south of Dimbulagala / Gunner's Quoin (note 1). KUSCH (1973c: 22) places Pulligoda-Galge cave (note 2) near Dimbulgala (sic) in a so-called Tamankaduwa district (note 3). CULTURAL HISTORY - rock art: Two layers of plaster of clay and lime have been applied on the rock face to prepare it for the painting, which depicts five gods seated on a beautifully embroidered scarf --four in the anjali mudra (making obeisance with palms together) and the fifth holds up a garland of flowers. Part of the painting, which probably belongs to the 12th century, has broken off (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: ?, 1983: 112). KUSCH (1973c: 22) had learned about Pulligoda Galge containing relics of 12th-century paintins depicting four godlings with aureole seated on a carpet.
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Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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0.0 | DIMBULAGALA CAVES | ||
0.0 | PUDULI GALGE | ||
0.0 | MARAVIDIYA | ||
0.0 | SUNDARI, Dimbulagala (Cave of) | ||
13.5 | Mutagala Rock Caves | ||
17.4 | GAL VIHARA, Polonnaruwa | ||
29.8 | OMUNA (Cave at) | ||
31.7 | PATRIPPOA CHAMBER | ||
31.7 | GAETYAGAMMA ROCK TEMPLE |