a stone carving depicting two elephants on the image house (gedige) at nalanda gedige near matale in sri lanka.

11th 1980s ambarawa beautiful believed between buddhist built carving central centuries costume dagoba depicting designed elephants enter feeling foreground gedige gods hallway hindu house image immediately impress indian kandy kandyan lanka leading located location matale moonstone moved nalanda near original paintings pass photograph present prior relic respect sacred serinity shaped signs southern sri steps stone structure style temple tooth traditional tunnel visitors worshippers