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Paintings and wall-hangings

1. Buddhist Procession

**Product Code: PAB P01 | Product Size: 149cm x 66cm**

Product price: Curved frame – LKR 105,000 | Flat frame – LKR 97,000

Special promotion price: Curved frame – LKR 82,500 | Flat frame – LKR 79,200

Based on an 18th-century Kandyan era fresco from the Degaldoruwa Raja Maha Vihara (Kandy, Sri Lanka), this acrylic on wood painting depicts a procession (‘Perahera’ in Sinhala) to honour the sacred tooth relic of the Buddha. It is led by whip-crackers who announce the arrival of the procession, followed by musicians, dancers and flag bearers. The elephants in the procession are adorned with lavish garments. The main elephant in the center is carrying the golden casket with the tooth relic.

Buddhist Procession – Variations

**Product Code:** PAB P02 | Product Size: 149cm x 66cm

**Product Code:** PAK P03 | Product Size: 149cm x 66cm

**Product Code:** PAK P04 | Product Size: 149cm x 66cm

**Product Code**: PAB P05 | Product Size: 149cm x 66cm

**Product Code:** PFB P02 | Product Size: 149cm x 66cm (Flat frame)

2. Donating the Royal Elephant

**Product Code:** PAB D01 | Product Size: 155cm x 66cm

Product price: Curved frame – LKR 53,000 | Flat frame – LKR 48,500

Special promotion price: Curved frame – LKR 48,500 | Flat frame – LKR 42,500

Based on an 18th century Kandyan era fresco from the Degaldoruwa Raja Maha Vihara (Kandy, Sri Lanka), this acrylic on wood painting depicts an episode from the Vessantara Jātaka, one of the most popular biographical stories of Theravada Buddhism. Here, the generous King Vessantara of Sivirattha is giving away the magical white elephant, which had brought rain to his kingdom, to envoys from Kalinga, a neighboring country which is facing a severe drought.

3. Savings as Security

**Product Code:**PAB A01 | Product Size: 110cm x 60cm

This painting illustrates an excerpt from Sigāla Sutta, the 31st discourse in Digha Nikaya (Long Discourses of the Buddha). It is known as the most detailed Buddhist discourse on ethics for lay people. In this sutta, the Buddha encounters a young man who honors his dead parents by performing rituals, and the Buddha recasts the meaningless rites in terms of virtuous conduct. The title of the painting, ‘āpadāsu bhavissati’, refers to the Buddha’s advice on saving one-fourth of the wealth earned through virtuous means as security against any future misfortune.

4. Consuming and Investing

**Product Code:** PAB A02 | Product Size: 136cm x 62cm

This painting illustrates an excerpt from Sigāla Sutta, the 31st discourse in Digha Nikaya (Long Discourses of the Buddha). It is known as the most detailed Buddhist discourse on ethics for lay people. In this sutta, the Buddha encounters a young man who honors his dead parents by performing rituals, and the Buddha recasts the meaningless rites in terms of virtuous conduct. The title of the painting, ‘ekena bhoge bhuñjeyya, dvīhi kammaṁ payojaye’, refers to the Buddha’s advice on consuming and enjoying one-fourth of the wealth earned through virtuous means, and re-investing two-fourths in one’s work or enterprise.

5. Savings as Security

**Product Code:** PAB A03 | Product Size: 126cm x 62cm

Curved frame – PAB A01 | PAB A02 | PAB A03 – 3 Nos. set
~~Product price: LKR 115,000~~ | Special promotion price: LKR 105,000

This painting illustrates an excerpt from Sigāla Sutta, the 31st discourse in Digha Nikaya (Long Discourses of the Buddha). It is known as the most detailed Buddhist discourse on ethics for lay people. In this sutta, the Buddha encounters a young man who honors his dead parents by performing rituals, and the Buddha recasts the meaningless rites in terms of virtuous conduct. The title of the painting, ‘catutthañ-ca nidhāpeyya, āpadāsu bhavissati’, refers to the Buddha’s advice on saving one-fourth of the wealth earned through virtuous means as security against any future misfortune.