after murdering his father King Dhatusena made his home at Sigiriya, creating a different image of this forbidding rock outcrop, starting with a passage leading through the lion’s paws and ...

The maidens that adorn the Sigiriya rock have inspired many an ancient traveller to write verses on the famed Mirror Wall But Sigiriya, whether this isolated rock monument was King Kassapa’s (477- ...

Sigiriya or Lion Rock is a 180-meter-high ... Heading down the next spiral staircase we find the mirror wall. Personally, I couldn’t see the reflection, but there was the hint of centuries ...