Thuparama Image House, Polonnaruwa
Thuparama Pilimage is another Gedige type image house surviving from Polonnaruwa era.
Located left side of the Polonnaruwa Dalada maluwa and both walls and roof were made out of bricks Length of this image house is 84 feet and width is 56 feet. The thicknesss of the wall is 7 feet.
Both walls and roof were made out of bricks
Thuparama Image House, Polonnaruwa
There was a seating Buddha statue in middle of the house which was made out of bricks. But it’s no longer there due to treasure hunters or may be south Indian invaders in Polonnaruwa era. But you can see there are few other Buddha statues, which are made out of lime stones.
Location where Buddha statue was located
The creator or the original name of this structure is not known.
Thuparama Image House
