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Ruvanvelisaya Dagoba, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, 2018

Ruvanvelisaya Dagoba

2018 Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Also known as the Mahathupa, the Ruvanvelisaya Dagoba was commissioned by King Dutugemunu in the 2nd century BCE and remains one of Anuradhapura's most revered Buddhist monuments, restored and enlarged repeatedly over the centuries.

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