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Nissanka
Latha – Mandapaya
The “flower-scroll hall” or King Nissankamalla
(1187-96) is an unique structure, with pillars shaped like
lotus stalks with the lotus flower as the capital. An inscription
bears witness to the fact that the king listened to ‘prith’
(religious texts) being chanted here. A stone railing made
to look like a wooden fence. This place group includes a royal
bathing pool just south of the place, and the King’s
Council Chamber, with the king’s lion-seat and the names
of the king’s ministers caved into the pillars.
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