Arankele Monastery

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Arankele Monastery in Sri Lanka is a forest monastery with caves that lie at a distance of 117km from Colombo.

Arankele Forest Monastery, an archaeological site, can be reached by the Colombo- Kurunegala- Ibbagamuwa- Moragolla road.

Arankele Monastery in Sri Lanka: Setting

Arankele Monastery in Sri Lanka was a 6th-century cave hermitage situated up a forested hillside. The densely wooded terrain crowded with huge hardwood trees is interspersed by the openings and clearings created by the on-going process of clearing scattered debris to unearth the ruins and re-erecting the fallen ruins.

Arankele Monastery in Sri Lanka: Rock Caves

On the slopes of the hill containing Arankele Monastery in Sri Lanka is a cluster of natural rock caves once used by monastic monks for shelter and meditation. Though remain rough outside with the exception of the drip ledges, the interior walls are well plastered with lime.

it was the site of an ancient forest monastery – the austere abode of a sect of recluse monks who had been attracted to this site because of its very isolation and seclusion. The building at the entrance of the Arankele site has been identified as a Jantagara or hot water bath with the dimensions of 100ft in length and 60ft in breadth. There also vestiges of grinding stones that had been used to prepare herbal medicines in the past. Among the other ruins that have been identified are meditating promenades, ponds, and long winding pathways.

Long pathways that cut across the dense forest lead to stone-carved drip-ledges and caves used for mediation, alms-giving halls, and bathing ponds that testify to the excellent works of the craftsmen of that day and age.

Arankele Monastery in Sri Lanka: Architecture

Ancient stone slabs of inscriptions in Brahmi script have revealed the existence of meditation halls, stone-faced double platform structures, and ambulatories for the austere Buddhist monks living in Arankele Monastery in Sri Lanka. The platforms aligned in the east-west axis consist of the entrance porch to the east bridged by a large monolith. The smaller of the double platform structure herein, the roof being supported on columns, has the impression of being divided into cells for the monks. The purpose of the construction of double platforms hasn't been yet determined though some scholars are of the opinion those were used for meditation, ceremonies, and teaching.

In line with the severe simplicity and austere religious practices of Arankele Forest Monastery, the building had been built with no pretensions to decorations. Furtherm

Kurunegala ringkonnast

Kurunegala on Sri Lanka Wayamba provintsi ja Kurunegala ringkonna pealinn. Kurunegala oli kuninglik pealinn vaid 50 aastat, 13. sajandi lõpust kuni järgmise sajandi alguseni, kuigi juba enne seda oli see strateegiliselt paigutatud teiste majesteetlike kindluste keskele, nagu Yapahuwa põhjas, Dambadeniya lõunas ja Panduwasnuwara idas. Ethagala, 316 meetri kõrgune kalju, kõrgub linna kohal, mis asub 116 meetri kõrgusel merepinnast. Ethagala kuju meenutab elevanti. Transpordisõlmena on seal raudteejaam ja mitu peateed, mis ühendavad riigi olulisi osi. Kurunegala asub umbes 94 km kaugusel Colombost ja 42 km kaugusel Kandyst. Enamik Kurunegala elanikest kuulub singalite enamusse. Teiste etniliste vähemuste hulka kuuluvad Sri Lanka maurid, Sri Lanka tamilid, kodanikud ja malaiid. Rahvusvähemuste elanikud elavad linna kõikides osades, kuid märkimisväärsed mauride ja tamilite kogukonnad elavad ka Teliyagonna ja Wilgoda piirkondades.

Loodeprovintsist

Loodeprovints on Sri Lanka provints. Kurunegala ja Puttalami ringkonnad moodustavad Loodeprovintsi ehk Wayamba. Selle pealinn on Kurunegala, kus elab 28 571 inimest. Provints on tuntud peamiselt oma arvukate kookospähkliistanduste poolest. Teised peamised linnad selles provintsis on Chilaw (24 712) ja Puttalam (45 661), mis on mõlemad väikesed kalurilinnad. Enamik Wayamba provintsi elanikkonnast on singali päritolu. Puttalami ümbruses on ka märkimisväärne Sri Lanka mauride vähemus ning Udappu ja Munneswaramis elavad Sri Lanka tamilid. Piirkonna teisteks silmapaistvateks tööstusharudeks on kalapüük, krevetikasvatus ja kautšukipuude istandused. Provintsi pindala on 7888 km² ja rahvaarv 2 184 136 (2005. aasta arvutus). Wayamba on Sri Lanka suuruselt kolmas riisikasvatuspiirkond.

Wayambal on kõrgelt arenenud põllumajandus, kus lisaks traditsioonilistele istanduskultuuridele, nagu kookospähkel, kautšuk ja riis, kasvatatakse mitmesuguseid puu- ja köögivilju, õistaimi, vürtse ja õliseemneid. Rikkalik muld ja mitmekesine kliima annavad Wayambale potentsiaali praktiliselt iga põllukultuuri kasvatamiseks. Wayamba ehk Loode-provintsis asuvad iidsed budistlikud kaljutemplid, suurejoonelised tsitadellid Panduwasnuwara, Dambadeniya, Yapahuwa ja Kurunegala. Nende tsitadellide, paleede, budistlike templite ja kloostrite muljetavaldavad varemed pakuvad külastajatele põnevaid vaatamisväärsusi.

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