| Location | BENTOTA |
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| Thinkstodocategory | Sri Lankan Art |
| Title | Stone carvings, Bentota, Galapata temple |
| Name | Stone carvings, Bentota, Galapata temple |
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| Image | Galapata B.jpg |
| Id | 105 |
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| Created | 2/14/19, 4:25 AM |
<ul>Stone carving of the “Nari Latha” motif at Galapata temple is a masterpiece of Sri Lankan stonemasons. This temple <span style="font-size: 1rem;">was built in 12th Century AD locating near the </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">Bentota River. The stupa in this temple was built by burring canine tooth relic of the Maha Kasyapa thero, the 3rd disciple of Load Buddha.</span></ul><ul>
<br>The annual Dalada perahera held in the month of January to honour the tooth relic of Maha Kashyapa thero is one of the biggest perahera in Southern Sri Lanka.</ul>