The Lion Platform on the north face of Sigiriya rock, showing the broad terrace that served as the main entrance to the summit citadel.
The Lion Platform served as the ceremonial staging ground before the final ascent through the lion's jaws. Standing here, with the summit still above and the plains far below, you get a clear sense of what this whole approach was designed to feel like. © Michael Gunther, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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