75-foot pandal at the entrance of the new site of Sri Lankaramaya Buddhist Temple at St. Michael's Road

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This is a view of the 75-foot pandal (ceremonial gate) at the entrance of the future site of Sri Lankaramaya Buddhist Temple at St. Michael's Road, with crowd of people near the entrance. Sri Lankaramaya Buddhist Temple was and still is the oldest Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist temple in Singapore. It was built in 1952. With a stupa (mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics), a Bodhi Tree, Buddha images, and a Sima Hall, the temple is considered as a complete monastery under the Theravada tradition. Other key features of the temple include a 45-ft reclining Buddha statue and a life-like effigy of the King Devanampiyatissa showing his reverence to Arhat Mahinda depicting how Buddhism arrived in Sri Lanka. The main buildings of the temple include a three-storey office and library block, and a two-storey building housing a hall, a main shrine, and a stupa at its rooftop. Title devised by Library staff.