Lovamahapaya (Brazen Palace)
Cultural Triangle · Anuradhapura

Lovamahapaya (Brazen Palace)

1,600 stone pillars — all that remains of a nine-storey monastic palace once roofed in bronze.

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Lovamahapaya (Brazen Palace)

The Lovamahapaya once rose nine storeys high and housed 1,000 monks under a copper-and-bronze roof — the origin of its name, 'Brazen Palace'. Today, a striking forest of 1,600 granite columns marks its footprint next to the Sri Maha Bodhi.

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