This pillared hall is where the King Nissanka Malla's council would have met. Inscribed into each of the 48 columns in the chamber is the name of the minister whose seat was once beside it, while the royal throne, in the shape of a stone lion, dominates the head of the hall.
King’s Council Chamber
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