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Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Buddhist Temple, Kalani

Buddhist Temple, Kalani

c. 1880
(British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895)
Sri Lanka, Kandy
Albumen print from glass plate negative
Image: 21.5 x 27.7 cm (8 7/16 x 10 7/8 in.); Paper: 21.5 x 27.7 cm (8 7/16 x 10 7/8 in.); Mounted: 29 x 37 cm (11 7/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer 2018.38
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Next to the tree are the buildings of a monastery and a whitewashed, dome-shaped structure with pointed spire, called a stupa.

Description

This image may actually show the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, a sacred fig tree planted in 288 BC in Mahamewna Gardens, Anuradhapura, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Grown from a cutting of the tree in India under which Buddha attained enlightenment, it is one of the most sacred Buddhist relics in Sri Lanka.
  • Bruno Tartarain, photovintagefrance, Arnaville, France
    ?–2018
    Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    June 4, 2018–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OJH
  • Text and Image in Southern Asia​ (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-March 5, 2023).
  • {{cite web|title=Buddhist Temple, Kalani|url=false|author=Scowen & Co.|year=c. 1880|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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