Sigiriya 2nd Part - Technology in Sigiriya

Structure

Sigiriya entrance is located in the northern side of the rock. There are feets survived from a big statue of lion as they said, lion statue is said to be destroyed and only the feets are remaining.

But as we dig more facts about lion front paws have 4 fingers for real lion. but in this statue we can see only 3 fingers from the feet remaining. Some assume that these feet may belong to a bird. There should be reason why Sigiriya lion paws have only 3 toes.

Also as folks said there is a door to inside the rock where there were rooms filled with historically valuable items. The authorities who research on Sigiriya have closed the door to entrance inside the rock as folks says. Lots of valuable item were shipped to foreign museum for further researches.

For a king there should be a easy way in and out of the kingdom unlike we climb the rock by step by step which takes time. As experts says there are evidence of a lift goes down to the top of rock and vise versa to carry king which is famous as “karkataka yanaya”

Which work as a crab and there are drawn lines on the rock at the side which has craving to help the machine transport.

Painting on Sigiri walls

Frescoes

Frescoes on Sigiri walls drawn in 5^th century still secured and beautify the walls of Sigiriya castle. Frescoes on walls are considered to be the portraits of wives of king Kashshapa king.

In recent researched experts explains previous statement can be wrong on frescoes as there are evidence that these beautiful female portraits can be goddess from heaven or from unidentified source(UFO). As you watch carefully there are cloud like shapes under some portraits to make them look like floating on the sky or came from above sky.

There are so many secrets to be found in sigiriya castle hidden.

The Mirror Wall

Poems and Inscriptions

Sigiriya has walls polished and look like mirrors where king can see himself. And on these walls visitors has written poems and inscriptions about beauty of Sigiriya castle and of painting on the walls.

Sigiriya is named as a world heritage site in 1982 by UNISCO.

Sigiriya has complex technology for construction. Ponds, water fountains, inner and out walls, caves, gardens, underground water pumps are built with an advanced technology. Here gardens are one of the oldest gardens in the world. Also the water fountain system is the oldest fountains in the world.