Sigiriya
Sigiriya Sigiriya, one of the most important kingdoms in Sri Lanka, has been criticized as a fortress built to protect itself from enemies, as a second haunt to be built like Kuvera, and as an urban complex. It is said that Kashyapa, who had killed Dhatusena, fled to India and chose Sigiriya as his royal center for fear that his brother Mughals would fight against him. That is to say, it is clear that it was stated that King Adimuthu had taken up his abode at Sinhagiriya which was not easily accessible to the people. Sinhagiriya was later transformed into Sigiriya. The Sigiriya rock is in the form of a lion on the east side and the entrance to the upper floor of Sigiriya is through a lion 's mouth. It is said that when King Kasyapa built the kingdom of Sigiriya, he offered the Pidurangala temple to the monks in that area and used Sigiriya as his state center. How...
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