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Ar. Frank Lloyd Wright said -

"Architecture is that great living creative spirit which from generation to generation, from age to age, proceeds, persists, creates, according to the nature of man, and his circumstances as they change. That is really architecture."
-Ar. Frank Lloyd Wright
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Tuesday, 2 August 2016

The City of Gold - Envious Architectural Marvel

Amazing Sri Lanka



From the Epic - Ramayana, an Envious Architectural Marvel - Ravana's Lanka/Sone ki Lanka/The city of Gold/Lion's Rock is marked as a world's heritage site at Sigiriya, Sri Lanka. The story revolves around Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati when got married, asked the deity of architecture vishwakarma to create a residence for them. Which was later gifted to Ravana - the demon king, was a great scholar, and worshipper of Lord Shiva. In treta yuga, the lanka, a large island country, located in Indian Ocean, got into existence. Lanka was the capital of lankapuri, surrounded by trikuta - the large mountain range.