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.
Satmahal Prasada represents another unusual design for a temple, unique in Polonnaruwa. The name means "Seven Storey Edifice", and appears as a stepped pyramid. Historians and archaeologists are stumped as to its origin, as there were no mention of it in the ancient chronicles. Each floor has a niche that contain figurines, some of which still there.
In all likelihood, the Satmahal Prasada probably bears influences from the Khmers, who are renowned at building temple mountains which are ziggurat-like as well. Visitors admiring the Satmahal Prasada can be satisfied with the knowledge that they know as much about it as the historian, that is, nothing.
The Satmahal Prasada.
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