Matale, Dagoba

In the centre of religious architecture in Sri Lanka is the dagoba, reliquary monument also called Thupa or Stupa. It is generally the centre of a religious complex including other constructions, such monastery, sanctuaries sheltering statues of worships, rooms of prayers and refectory. Dagoba is a full construction in which we never penetrate. Buddhist monument par excellence, they often hid there a relic of the Buddha or one of its first disciples.