Hatadage

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Hatadage is an ancient stone relic shrine in the medieval Sri Lankan city of Polonnaruwa, built to house the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hatadage canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist temple ruin ⓘ
ancient stone relic shrine ⓘ
architecturalStyle Polonnaruwa period architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Sri Lankan Buddhist relic worship ⓘ
builtFor housing the Sacred Tooth Relic ⓘ
builtInCentury 12th century ⓘ
builtInPeriod Polonnaruwa Kingdom ⓘ
constructionTechnique stone-and-brick masonry ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalSignificance important monument of medieval Sri Lankan Buddhism ⓘ
currentCondition ruin ⓘ
dedicatedTo Buddha ⓘ
floorCount 2 ⓘ
governingBody Department of Archaeology, Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasDecorativeElement dvarapala figures ⓘ
floral carvings ⓘ
lion carvings ⓘ
hasEntranceOrientation east-facing entrance ⓘ
hasFeature Buddha statues ⓘ
carved moonstones ⓘ
guard stones ⓘ
inscription slab ⓘ
stone columns ⓘ
stone stairways ⓘ
hasImageHouse true ⓘ
hasPreservationStatus archaeologically protected monument ⓘ
hasUpperStorey true ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
housedRelic Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha ⓘ
locatedIn North Central Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Polonnaruwa ⓘ
Polonnaruwa Vatadage complex area ⓘ
locatedNear Quadrangle (Dalada Maluwa) of Polonnaruwa ⓘ
materialUsed brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
nearbyStructure Atadage ⓘ
Nissanka Latha Mandapaya ⓘ
Vatadage (Polonnaruwa) ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
partOf Ancient City of Polonnaruwa ⓘ
Polonnaruwa archaeological site ⓘ
primaryFunction relic shrine ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism attraction ⓘ
usedFor royal and religious ceremonies involving the Tooth Relic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Polonnaruwa → hasPart → Hatadage ⓘ
Atadage → near → Hatadage ⓘ