Sigiriya

October 16, 2010, 10:56 am
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Sigiriya was build by king kashyapa.
it is famous for its frescoes.
These frescoes are wold famous paintings
only second to the frescoes found in Ajantha
in India. Building of the fortress is an interesting story.
Moggallana and kashyapa were the two sons
of two queens of king Dathusena who ruled Anuradapura.
kashyapa was the younger son of the two. But he wanted to become the
king first. He killed his father and became king.Moggallana was very angry
about this and he wanted to kill kashyapa.therefore kashyapa ran away from
Anuradapura and build a beautiful palace on the top of a rock called “SIGIRIYA”
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