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repairs and improvements. The name of " Siddhattha" has 

 since been adopted by the priests who officiate here. 



He [Siddhattha] removed everything that was old and decayed in 

 the vihare, and made the thick and high wall thereof of solid stone to 

 shine, and the floor and the outer wall also. And he caused a picture 

 of the Supreme Buddha, as he was engaged in the battle with Mara, to 

 be painted on the roof of the rock, and divers flowers and creepers also. 



All this is yet to be seen in the interior of the " Maha- 

 vihare," as the larger edifice is designated in contradistinc- 

 tion to the smaller temple, which is called " Uda-vihare," and 

 is situated on a rock of higher elevation. 



He caused also the great sleeping image to be made with fine brick 

 and mortar and clay, and many other images of Buddha also, sitting 

 and upright. And in the inner wall he caused about a thousand 

 beautiful pictures of the Supreme Buddha to be painted with exquisite 

 art. At the foot of the great sleeping image he caused to be made in 

 due order beautiful images of Ananda. the constant attendant of 

 Buddha and the preserver of the Law, of Metteyya Bodhisatta, of the 

 excellent Natha Deva, and of the King Dutthagamani. 



The sleeping image, which is 12 cubits in length, occupies 

 nearly the entire length of the left wing of the interior. In 

 addition to the images of Maitri Bodhjsatva, Maha Vishnu, 

 Maha Kassapa, and King Dutugemunu, there is a figure of 

 Tibbotuwawe Maha Nayaka Unnanse, one of the earliest 

 incumbents,* at the foot of the great image. In front of 

 the platform on which the sleeping image lies are set two 

 rows of glazed tiles, with various pictorial representations 

 on them. These tiles, it is said, were the gift of the King of 

 Siam to King Kirti Sri. 



In the right wing of the temple there are ten images of 

 Buddha in a standing posture, a large figure of Buddha in a 

 sitting, and another in a standing attitude about 8 ft. in height. 



In the centre of the building stands a gilt figure of 

 Buddha, which it is said was modelled after the grateful 



* The head of this monastery has, from its foundation, been a member of the 

 Tibbotuwawe family. This is the most important of the numerous private 

 livings in Ceylon. When one of these becomes vacant before one of the 

 family to which it belongs has been ordained here, as in England, a tem- 

 porary incumbent is put in, who generally serves as tutor to the young heir 

 (Administration Reports, A T orth- Western Province, 1870, p. 285). 



