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The highest free rock, great for sunsets and sunrises. It also has a water facility building ontop which you can climb on and observe the surrounding plains and often spot elephants or other wildlife.
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Foreigners and SAARC citizens will have to buy their tickets here.
It seems like it is only accessible by walking through one of the two resorts that are nearby, but non-guests are allowed through. It has great views of Sigiriya and Pidurangala and a large Buddha statue nearby.
There are four fountains symmetrically built, with two on each side of the pathway. These fountains were fed by two moats which are adjacent to these fountains. Water is carried to the fountains by underground water conduits and work on simple principles of gravity and pressure. Another unusual feature is the shallow serpentine stram designed to control the movement of water.
The first feature one encounters after entering the complex is the water garden. It is an elaborate network of water pavilions, pools, courtyards and water courses. There are five units in this garden with buildings supported by pools. The pools have pebbeled or polished marble floors which were covered by shallow, slowly moving water. It was laid out in the last quarter of the 5th century, abandoned and again partially built over in the last phases of the post-Kashyapan period, probably during the 10th and 13 centuries.