Sandakada pahana, also known as Moon-stone

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Sandakada pahana, also known as Moon-stone. It is an elaborately carved semi-circular stone slab, usually placed at the bottom of staircases and entrances . the sandakada pahana evolved through the Polonnaruwa, Gampola and Kandy period 



  sandakada pahana symbolises the cycle of Saṃsāra in Buddhism.  

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Sandakada pahana is one of the outstanding creation of craftsmen.