The massive megastructure built for eternity and still standing 1,700 years later
Visit the ancient city of Anuradhapura on a full moon day and the past feels anything but distant. Buddhist pilgrims dressed in white walk barefoot on dusty paths. Saffron-robed monks chant at dawn. Foreign visitors – from Taiwan to Canada – join local worshipers in rituals that have been performed here, largely without interruption, for … Read more