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This striking wooden bridge was built in the 16th century
and is said to be the oldest wooden bridge in the world. This
wooden Bridge was built during the Dambadeni kingdom period.
The Bogoda wooden Bridge is an exclusive construction as
it has an 8 feet tall tiled roof structure for its entire
span of nearly 50 feet length with a 6 feet breadth.
Covered with a tiled roof in the Kandyan style, it is in
a lovely, peaceful setting, on both sides of the shallow Gallanda
Oya River, with a rock temple next to it, which dates from
the 1st century BC. Bogoda was on an ancient route connecting
Badulla with Kandy, and travelers stop here to worship at
the temple
All this literary and archaeological facts reveals the existence
of an indigenous bridge building technology in the island
prior to the influence of industrialization.
It is thirteen kilometers south of Badulla, up a small road
that branches off from the Hali Ela junction for 11km.
Kandyan style
There are two different styles of painting in Sri Lanka: classical
style and Kandyan style. The Classical style is dynamic, complex
and expressive whereas the Kandyan style holds it simplicity
and stability of expression
For sculpture, most of works are dominated by the Buddha
images, particularly in Kandyan style. In early times, the
statues of Buddha were often carved from the rocks of limestone
cliffs. Over the centuries, other kinds of materials have
also been adopted for sculpting the statutes of Buddha such
as jade, rock, crystal, marble, emerald, ivory, coral, wood,
and metal in Kandyan style. The ornamental sculptures on the
staircases of Buddhist shrines and palaces reveal exquisite
skill of Sri Lankan sculptors.
The temple has painting and architectural work of Kandyan
style.
A striking but spectacular part of the paintings lie on the
rock cave's ceiling. Here the paintings having the astrological
chart, with their symbols well featured. On the temple roof
ceiling if the image house are paintings of the lotus flower
in full bloom and its tendrils winding around have been artistically
executed.
Badulla is the capital of Uva Province, Sri Lanka.
It is located on the southeast of Kandy; t encircled by the
Badulu Oya River and is surrounded by tea plantations. It
was the base of sinhalese princes who ruled the area under
the king in Kandy before it became part of the British Empire.
The city was the end point of upcountry railway line built
by the British in order to take plantation products to Colombo
the capital city.
Kandy is a city in the center of Sri Lanka. It is
the capital of Central Province and Kandy District. It lies
in the midst of hills of rare vegetal species. The Kandy Valley
crosses an area of tropical plantations, mainly tea.
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