Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c10.s2.9

c10.s2.9

Inside the vihāra was prepared an altar to Gaṇa Deviyō (Gaṇeṣa); also the indrakila. This was a figure made of rags, supported on a rukattana stick (Alstonia scholaris) set up in a kaḷageḍiya (earthen pot) in which the nine gems, gold, rice, etc., had been placed. It was set in the middle of an aṭamagala diagram drawn in rice on the vihāra floor, in front of the image and facing it.