斯里兰卡最引人注目的寺庙
两千多年来,斯里兰卡一直是上座部佛教的中心,其寺庙种类繁多,从地板到天花板都绘有壁画的洞穴圣所,到古代世界最高建筑之一的巨大白色舍利塔。岛上的印度教遗产在北部和东部增添了高耸的彩色教堂,而像卡塔拉伽马这样的多信仰圣地则吸引着佛教、印度教和穆斯林朝圣者。从康提的圣牙寺到亭可马里悬崖顶的科内斯瓦拉姆,这些都是活生生的礼拜场所:着装得体,脱掉鞋子和帽子,如果可以的话,可以在法会期间参观。
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Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Kandy)
Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist shrine, enshrining a tooth relic of the Buddha inside the former royal palace complex.
Kandy · LKR 2000 · UNESCO
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Dambulla Cave Temple
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Ruwanwelisaya Stupa (Anuradhapura)
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Sri Maha Bodhi (Anuradhapura)
The sacred fig tree grown from a cutting of the Buddha's own Bodhi tree, said to be the oldest historically documented tree in the world.
Anuradhapura · LKR 200 · UNESCO
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Gal Vihara (Polonnaruwa)
Four colossal Buddha images carved from a single granite wall, among the greatest masterpieces of ancient Sri Lankan sculpture.
Polonnaruwa · 免费入场 · UNESCO
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Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara
An ancient and deeply sacred Buddhist temple believed to have been visited by the Buddha, famed for its vivid murals and the Duruthu Perahera.
Gampaha · LKR 200
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Gangaramaya Temple (Colombo)
Colombo's most eclectic Buddhist temple, an eccentric treasury of relics, statues and curiosities beside Beira Lake.
Colombo · LKR 300
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Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil (Jaffna)
Jaffna's most important Hindu temple, a golden, five-tiered Dravidian gopuram complex dedicated to the war god Murugan.
Jaffna · 免费入场
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Koneswaram Temple (Trincomalee)
A dramatic clifftop Hindu temple to Shiva on Swami Rock, high above the ocean at the tip of the Trincomalee headland.
Trincomalee · 免费入场
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Kataragama Temple Complex