tourist guid to chapel of st thomas college

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Tourist guide to Historical buildings in mount Lavinia
St Thomas College is one of the historical school in the island and it had fabricated many of the eminent Sri Lankans to the ground of the Sri Lanka. The chapel of the college is one of the historical chapels in the country made in 1852. At that time the big city Mount Lavinia was just a fishing hamlet. The transfiguration of the chapel of S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia towers majestically from the highest knoll of the campus - a silent witness to the thoughts and prayers, and the hopes and aspirations of generations of Thomian schoolboys, who have trodden its long familiar aisles for over fifty years.
The chapel is in the sea side of the Galle road near the loin gate if you ask from anybody where the St thamas College is is you can easily locate the college and chapel. To enter the college you need to get a special permission because the chapel is in side of the college premise and contacting the warden is the best way to get the permission to enter the building.
The actual chapel entrance should be from the sea side and the contrast of the chapel also illustrate from the sea side of the location. However the building eructed from the ground like the soil and earth had extracted from the earth and stood to show the power and supremacy of the god. The advance of the chapel is it contained the character of the, location as same as the character of the spirituality. Spiritual architecture is the key of making faith on the heart of the delegator. So the chapel does the same and it emphasizes the faith. The faith did start dwelling inside of my heart after watching the building even thou I’m a great buddist. The interior of the building double the dwelled faith and the height of the ceiling displayed the length you have to go seek the god and the enlighten of the life. But the furniture arrangement of the chapel is not suit and even the color of the furniture contrast the beauty of the building in terms of the architectural condition of the building. But windows and large door made me dwarf in side of the chapel. But I stood to understand the imagining capacity of the architect to create this building.
In fact this is a British oriented building with the character of the building debit the character of the vermicular architectural qualities of the Sri Lanka architecture. The pillar located in front of the chapel to enter the building is the key to say this and the roof also a significant to building. The architect of the building had concentrated on the topography of the location specially the rain and wind directly comes from the sea side. He had not used single iron bar to create the building because of the uniform corrosion due to the saltiness of the wind. Sand rock and cement became the main material element which he had used to make the building and he was knee on the aquatic condition of the chapel interior.
After all the spirit of the building ring the bell of my heart and it started to sing until I write this review on the chapel. I like if you have a chance go and dwell your faith and the wisdom of the mind and the heart and enjoy the historical architecture of this small island.
By Chameera udawatthe