Image title: Dambulla Viharaya (Painting)

English text:

A Painting from Dambulla Viharaya — This is a Painting of the second half of the 18th century from Dambulu Dambulla Viharaya of Matale District in the Central Province. It depicts a scene of the historic event of conveying the sacred Bodhi tree to Sri Lanka from Northern India.

Sinhala text (not proofread):

දඹුල්ල බිතු සිතුවම — දහ අටවන සියවසේ දෙවන භාගයට අයත් මෙම සිතුවම මධ්‍යම පළාතේ මාතලේ දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ පිහිටි දඹුළු විහාරයෙනි. ක්‍රිස්තු පූර්ව තුන්වන සියවසේ දී ශ්‍රී මහා බෝධිය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට වැඩම කරවීමේ ඓතිහාසික සිද්ධිය මෙමඟින් අර්ථ දැක් වේ.

Transcription:

dambulla bitu situvama — daha aṭavana siyavasē devana bhāgayaṭa ayat mema situvama madhyama paḷātē mātalē distrikkayē pihiṭi daḅuḷu vihārayeni. kristu pūrva tunvana siyavasē dī śrī mahā bōdhiya śrī laṅkāvaṭa væḍama karavīmē aitihāsika siddhiya memaṅgin artha dæk vē.

Transcription:

dambulla bitu situvama — daha atavana siyavase devana bhagayata ayat mema situvama madhyama palate matale distrikkaye pihiti daḅulu viharayeni. kristu purva tunvana siyavase di shri maha bodhiya shri lankavata vadama karavime aitihasika siddhiya memangin artha dak ve.

Automated translation (not verified):

Dambulla Mural — Dated to the second half of the eighteenth century, this painting is from the Dambulla Temple in Matale District, Central Province. This refers to the historical event of Sri Maha Bodhi's visit to Sri Lanka in the third century BC.

Tamil text (not proofread):

தம்புள்ள சுவர் ஓவியம் — 18ம் நூற்றாண்டின் இரண்டாம் பகுதியில் வரையப்பட்ட இவ் ஓவியம் மத்திய மாகாணத்தில் மாத்தளை மாவட்டத்தில் உள்ள தம்புள்ள விகாரையில் காணப்படுகின்றது. இந்த ஓவியமானது கி.மு.3ம் நூற்றாண்டில் வட இந்தியாவில் இருந்து இலங்கைக்கு புனிதமான ஸ்ரீ மஹா போதி மரம் (வெள்ளரசு மரம்) கொண்டு வரப்பட்ட வரலாற்று முக்கியத்துவம் வாய்ந்த நிகழ்வை சித்தரிக்கின்றது.

Transcription:

tampuḷḷa cuvar ōviyam — 18m nūṟṟāṇṭiṉ iraṇṭām pakutiyil varaiyappaṭṭa iv ōviyam mattiya mākāṇattil māttaḷai māvaṭṭattil uḷḷa tampuḷḷa vikāraiyil kāṇappaṭukiṉṟatu. inta ōviyamāṉatu ki.mu.3m nūṟṟāṇṭil vaṭa intiyāvil iruntu ilaṅkaikku puṉitamāṉa srī mahā pōti maram (veḷḷaracu maram) koṇṭu varappaṭṭa varalāṟṟu mukkiyattuvam vāynta nikaḻvai cittarikkiṉṟatu.

Transcription:

thambulla suvar oviyam — 18m nurrandin irandam paguthiyil varaiyappatta iv oviyam mathiya maganathil mathalai mavattathil ulla thambulla vigaraiyil kanappaduginrathu. intha oviyamanathu ki.mu.3m nurrandil vada inthiyavil irunthu ilangaikku punithamana sri maha pothi maram (vellarasu maram) kondu varappatta varalarru mukkiyathuvam vayntha nigazhvai sitharikkinrathu.

Automated translation (not verified):

Tampulla Wall Painting — Painted in the second half of the 18th century, this painting is found at the Tampulla Vihara in Matalai District, Central Province. This painting depicts the historic event of bringing the sacred Sri Maha Bodhi tree (Vellarasu tree) from North India to Sri Lanka in the 3rd century BC.

Gallery information:

These photos were taken at the Maritime Museum in Galle (Sri Lanka) which include objects recovered from the 2nd century B.C. Godawaya shipwreck. The Maritime Museum is housed in Galle's historic Dutch warehouse (built in 1671) and opened its doors on May 9, 1992. The Maritime Archaeology Museum is serving as a centre of education for various groups of visitors and researchers of Southern region of Sri Lanka.