📽️ Nissanka Latha Mandapaya

Other · Other · 7.95°N, 81.00°E

Nissanka Latha Mandapaya is a unique structure in the ancient city of Polonnaruwa in Sri Lanka. A màndapa is a pillared structure that is open on all sides and protects the person(s) inside from the sun with a roof. By definition, as of the 20th century, mándapas, as temporary structures, are built inside a house or a building and serve as recitation platform during remembrance ceremonies for the dead.

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Country	Other
Continent / region	Other
Coordinates (approx.)	7.95°N, 81.00°E · view on map

Nissanka Latha Mandapaya is located in Other, in Other.

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