The Brazen Palace ( Lowa Maha Paya )

The Brazen Palace it is also called as the Lowa Maha Paya.

• The Brazen Palace was built near the Maha Vihara as a dwelling place for its priests. 
• It stood on 16000 pillars of granite forty rows of forty pillars in each row. 
• Most of these pillars, rising twelve feet above the ground, may still be seen, and they are all that remain of this remarkable building. 
• The palace was 100 cubits long, 100 cubits broad and 100 cubits high. It had nine storeys one over the other, with 100 richly – decorated rooms in each storey.
• The priests of highest merit lived in the four highest storeys, and the lower ones were occupied by the priests according to their different grades, so that the priests of lowest rank had rooms on the lowest floor .
• The roof of the palace was covered with sheets of brass, and that is why it came to be called the Brazen Palace.

The Brazen Palace ( Lowa Maha Paya )