JESUS CHRIST IN A BUDDHA SHRINE ROOM
You will be surprised to notice that some ceramic tiles engraved with some life stories of Jesus
Christ paved on the flower altar on which the 27 feet long Buddha statue in sleeping posture is constructed in the shrine room. Almost 100 of these have been pressed on to the flower alter be-
side the great recumbent Buddha in the Mahā Vihāraya. This is the only Vihāra in Sri Lanka where
such an unbelievable sight is found.
All these tiles have different pictures on them and many of them depict various stages in the life of Christ such as the birth, perform- ing miracles and various other events in the life of Jesus Christ. Their position upside down on the flower alter makes it clear that the workmen who fixed them had no
the idea of their significance. In one of these marbles, we see two elderly men holding the baby Jesus up in the air. There is another marble showing Jesus Christ performing a miracle in
the crucifixion of Jesus, Jesus Christ walking on the water, trans...
Christ paved on the flower altar on which the 27 feet long Buddha statue in sleeping posture is constructed in the shrine room. Almost 100 of these have been pressed on to the flower alter be-
side the great recumbent Buddha in the Mahā Vihāraya. This is the only Vihāra in Sri Lanka where
such an unbelievable sight is found.
All these tiles have different pictures on them and many of them depict various stages in the life of Christ such as the birth, perform- ing miracles and various other events in the life of Jesus Christ. Their position upside down on the flower alter makes it clear that the workmen who fixed them had no
the idea of their significance. In one of these marbles, we see two elderly men holding the baby Jesus up in the air. There is another marble showing Jesus Christ performing a miracle in
the crucifixion of Jesus, Jesus Christ walking on the water, trans...
