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two children, Jaliya Kumarayo and Krishna Jenavo, by the 

 hand, and near this group is the statue of a deformed and 

 diseased Brahmin asking for alms. Against the wall, on the 

 left of the archway, are similar figures of a guard and of 

 Sumedha Tapasayo. 



The most prominent figure inside the temple is an image 

 of Buddha in a sitting posture, about 6 feet high, against 

 the northern wall, occupying the whole of it. 



" Behind stand Seriyut and Muggalan, 

 Chiefs of the calm brethren in the yellow garb, 

 A goodly company." 



Against the western wall are three small images of Buddha 

 in a sitting attitude, decreasing in size as the roof inclines to 

 the south. On the right of the entrance is a figure of Buddha 

 in a standing position, and on the left is a painting of Kanda- 

 swami, god of Kataragama, and an image of Vishnu. On the 

 southern wall are the images of Maitri Rajaya, Devata 

 Bandara, and a small figure of Vastuhimi Kumaraya, highly 

 coloured. 



The Su-visi-vivaranaya is painted on the roof overhead. 



At Maraluwawa, a viharegama, about three miles from 

 Kurunegala, there is another temple. Although it stands 

 on a rock separate from Anda-gala, called by the villagers 

 Maraluwawa-gala, the temple is known as Anda-gala vihare, 

 perhaps by a stretch of imagination, which would place the 

 sacred edifice on the elongated tip of the eel's tail ! 



The approach thither is by a path which strikes off to the 

 left of the Wellowa road, between the 3rd and 4th mile- 

 posts, across fields and low jungle, and then over rocky 

 ground. About half a mile from the temple is a na-tree, under 

 which there is a pile of stones to indicate the spot (ndgaha- 

 maluwa) where the ashes of some eminent priest lie 

 buried. From here the path passes over rock, steep in some 



* Arnold's "Light of Asia," 1891 : new ed.. Bk. 8, p. 211. On this page 

 there is an excellent reproduction of the picture of Buddha and these 

 favourite pupils of his from the sculptures found at Gandhara (Yuzufzai) 

 in the Punjab. 



