For architect Shereen Amendra, the fascination of the Mahathupa (the original Pali name which she prefers) began when she was a teenager. Her mother Doreen Alles’s copy of the Mahavamsa much-thumbed ...

There are at least six types of dagobas, each being distinguished by its shape. The last two mentioned are not seen in Sri Lanka. The first stupa in Sri Lanka – the Thuparama was erected in ...