Your base for exploring this tourist attraction is the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. For tourist information about Polonnaruwa, go to Polonnaruwa Travel Guide. To prepare for a trip to Sri Lanka, read also the Sri Lanka Travel Guide. Looking for budget accommodation there? Use AsiaExplorers Budget Accommodation Guide, the no-frills website to cover your budget accommodation needs.
The Hatadage, just next door to the Atadage is built for the same purpose, to protect the sacred Tooth Relic, which is a symbol of royal power in ancient Lanka. There are three Buddha images at the back end of the temple bearing the name of Nissanka Malla, though it might not be him who built it.
Like the Atadage, the Hatadage has a ground floor housing images while a upper floor houses the sacred tooth relic. It is also identical in size to the Atadage, there is still a parapet surrounding it.
The entrance to the Hatadage flanked by a stone punkala, or "pots of abundance."
Three Buddha images stand at the back end of the Hatadage.
Polonnaruwa Travel Guide
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