THE KANDYAN DOOR 



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THE KANDYAN DOOR. 



By J. P. Lewis, Government Agent, Kandy. 



THE Kandyan door is of a much more massive character than 

 the modern ^wasi-European construction that is everywhere 

 supplanting it, and in a short time the old Kandyan pattern of door 

 and doorway will probably have ceased to be copied. The latest 

 example of it is one that has just been constructed for the Kandyan 

 Art Museum building, which also contains five old doorways of 

 excellent workmanship in situ. 



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1 Uturulella 



2 Haraskade 



3 Do»a 



4 Uluwahukfinu 



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6 Padikanda 



Plate I. — Exterior view of Kandyan door (the projecting 

 ends must be imagined as hidden by the wall) 



The same pattern of doorframe and door is always followed , so 

 that it may be said to have become stereotyped. Doors are of 

 two kinds, single {tani-doruwa) and double (depiyan-doruwa). I 

 send herewith a very accurate model of a single door and door 

 frame, which will help to explain its design and construction. 



