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In 1949, newly qualified lawyer Geoffrey Bawa bought it from its owner, intending to convert the estate bungalow into a weekend house and create a tropical version of a European renaissance garden. The 25 acres (10 ha) [ 3 ] property is located on the banks of the Dedduwa Lake in Bentota .
His house is a small quiet place, its doors are low, and the rain squeezes in from the roof to wet its mud floor. [10] On the Buddhist holiday of the full moon, the body of Bandara, Wannihami's soldier son, is brought home in a sealed coffin draped with the flag of Sri Lanka, with all its nationalistic symbolism.
The architecture of Sri Lanka displays a rich variety of architectural forms and styles. Shaivism has had a significant influence on early Sri Lankan architecture, during the reign of King Ravana , then Buddhism has also had a significant influence on Sri Lankan architecture, since it was introduced to the island in the 3rd century BCE .
A Poya occurs every full moon. [1] [2] Uposatha is important to Buddhists all around the world, who have adopted the lunar calendar for their religious observances.Owing to the moon's fullness of size as well as its effulgence, the full moon day is treated as the most auspicious of the four lunar phases occurring once every lunar month (29.5 days) and thus marked by a holiday.
The vatadage is considered to be one of ancient Sri Lanka's most prolific architectural creations; this design represented a changing perspective of stupa design independently within the island. [6] Early provincial vatadages have been in the form of a square [6] later it developed into a circular form enclosing the dagoba. [2]
The Kandy House is a nine-room, [1] 200-year-old [2] manor house which was built by the last Chief Minister [3] of the Kandyan Kingdom in 1804. It was fully restored and opened in 2005 as an upmarket boutique hotel, [ 4 ] situated 20 minutes from Kandy . [ 5 ]
The 1949 commission came from friends of her parents Algy, who was a lawyer, and Letty Karunaratne, who asked her to build a house for Rs 40,000. She prepared plans for a split level house for a site on a hill, the first of a kind in Kandy. It was the first building designed by a woman in Sri Lanka and attracted much attention and controversy. [29]
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