Only a few kilometres from Anuradhapura is Mihintale which is generally regarded as the place where Buddhism was first introduced to Sri Lanka.
The stairway leading up to the famous Buddha statue (cf. “Mihintale Buddha“) has 1840 steps.
Strange Flower: Chilhuly in Miami, originally uploaded by laurenz When I visited the Chihuly exposition in Miami's Fairchild garden, I thought to myself: "no way that one man can do all this on his own", and it seems Chihuly has a number of other expositions going on at the same time. It turns out that Chihuly has not blown glass for a long time, but is responsible for the artistic design. Which brings us to an interesting law case, with Chihuly attempting to assert a copyright on "his" style of glass art and an assistant claiming co-authorship of several of the pieces. Lots of interesting ...
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