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Someone’s at the Door #2

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The Aluth Maligawa Entrance, Temple of the Tooth, Kandy. Sri Lanka, October 2018. Shermaine Willis and Anuradha Perera, for Ashraff Associates and The Radh, Kandy.

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Blue Door

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No 35, Hussainiya Street, Hulftsdorp. October 2022.

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Lost Glory

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The third, and uppermost, flight of the spectacular 13th century Yapahuwa stairway, leading to the entrance of what was likely once the Temple of the Tooth. After repeated South Indian invasions, Lanka’s ancient northern capitals had been abandoned (Anuradhapura in 1017, and Polonnaruwa in 1237), until King Bhuvanekabahu I established Yapauwa in 1272, as the capital of the Dambadeniya Kingdom. On his death in 1287, however, the Dravidians invaded and captured the city and, with it, the Tooth Relic of the Buddha; considered one of Buddhism’s holiest icons, and synonymous with royal rule on the island. With that, Yapahuwa was largely abandoned as well, becoming a hermitage for monks and ascetics. Sri Lanka, May 2022.

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Barefoot into the Holy Place

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Temple of the Tooth, Kandy. October 2018.

Dragon Door

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'Makara Thorana' doorway to the inner shrine room of the Pidurangala Viharaya.
‘Makara Thorana’ entrance to the inner shrine room of the Pidurangala Viharaya. Shot for my photo story on “Sigiriya & Pidurangala“, which ran in the April 2018 issue of ‘Serendib’, the inflight magazine of Sri Lankan Airlines.

No Imports, Bogambara Prison, Sri Lanka

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Bogambara Prison, Kandy City, Sri Lanka #2 by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com
A hand-lettered sign over the main door of the old Bogambara Prison lists, in three languages, the goods that may not be brought into the prison by visitors, including alcohol, tobacco, opium, and mail. Shot on assignment for Ashraff Associates and The Radh, Kandy in October 2018.
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In Vain

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The derelict entrance to the Dutch Museum on Prince Street, Pettah. January 2020.
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Cross-Religious Architecture

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In this photograph, Anuradha Perera and Shermaine Willis are seen at the entrance to the Trinity College Chapel, shot on assignment for Ashraff Associates and The Radh, Kandy, in October 2018.
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Aluth Maligawa Entrance, Temple of the Tooth, Kandy #6

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Doorway, Temple of the Tooth, Kandy #6 by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com
Shermaine Willis and Anuradha Perera, for Ashraff Associates and The Radh, Kandy. Sri Lanka, October 2018.