Monk inside gateway entrance to Temple of the Tooth

Entrance to the Buddhist temple, Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. A monk stands under the arched gateway into the temple with one hand on the left wall of the gateway. The gateway tower rises possibly three stories high. A stone relief sculpture elephant on the wall on each side of the stairway faces the stairs into the gateway. A tall lamp stands on the wall above each elephant. A parapet stands atop the wall. The edge of each step is carved with a repetitive design. Printed in white ink in the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph, "Entrance to the Buddhist Temple, Kandy. Scowen & Co. Ceylon."