Buddhist Temple, Kalani by Scowen & Co. (British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895)

Medium

Albumen print from glass plate negative

Dimensions

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Classification

Photograph

Department

Photography

Museum

Cleveland Museum of Art

Credit

Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer

Accession Number

2018.38

Tags

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About this artwork

This image may actually show the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, a sacred fig tree planted in 288 BC in Mahamewna Gardens, Anuradhapura, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Grown from a cutting of the tree in India under which Buddha attained enlightenment, it is one of the most sacred Buddhist relics in Sri Lanka.

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