Buddha at the entrance to the Kandy museum
The majority of population in Sri Lanka is Buddhists (69%). But even without knowing this statistics one can guess it just after arriving in this country: a seated Buddha sculpture of an impressive size greets you at the airport, and numerous figures of smaller size, enclosed in glass boxes , flash with regularity at roadsides and crossroads on your way from the airport to the city. I've never seen so many images of Buddha before: of different sizes - from huge to small, in various poses - sitting, standing, reclining; with different facial expressions and hand positions; made of different materials.
