# Entrance to the Nata Dewale Grounds, Kandy

- By: Scowen & Co. (British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895)
- Date: c. 1880
- Medium: Albumen print from glass plate negative
- Classification: Photograph
- Dimensions: Image: 28 x 22.1 cm (11 x 8 11/16 in.); Paper: 28 x 22.1 cm (11 x 8 11/16 in.); Mounted: 35.4 x 27.5 cm (13 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
- Culture: India, 19th century
- Credit line: Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.39)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.39/2018.39_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This is probably the entrance to a site for the worship of Natha, the Ceylonese counterpart of the all-compassionate Buddhist deity Mahayana Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. The shrine in Kandy dedicated to him, considered an especially lucky and sacred place, was where some royal ceremonies were held, including that for the naming of new kings.