What the carved stone still asks of those who cross it.

The outer ring of flame burns away worldly attachment.

Carved as licking tongues in graded relief — the threshold first asks the visitor to leave behind what was carried in.

Band I · ගිනි පට — fire register

A procession of four beasts holds the cycle of becoming.

Elephant, horse, lion, bull — birth, age, sickness, death — each walking the same direction around the slab.

Band II · සත්ව පට — animal register

The hansa swans separate truth from the river-silt that hides it.

Legend holds the swan drinks milk and leaves the water — a parable carved for anyone arriving with mixed intent.

Band III · හංස පට — swan register

At the center, a half-lotus opens — the threshold of arrival itself.

Only by passing every band does the visitor stand at the heart-petal, where the stone ends and the sanctum begins.

Band IV · පියුම පට — lotus register