Entrance to the Nata Dewale Grounds, Kandy
Medium
Albumen print from glass plate negative
Dimensions
image: 28 × 22.1 cm · mounted: 35.4 × 27.5 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer
Accession Number
2018.39
Tags
male
About this artwork
This is probably the entrance to a site for the worship of Natha, the Ceylonese counterpart of the all-compassionate Buddhist deity Mahayana Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. The shrine in Kandy dedicated to him, considered an especially lucky and sacred place, was where some royal ceremonies were held, including that for the naming of new kings.