Sanjeeva Guneratne, Architect, is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Architecture, Southern Campus-General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU), Sri Lanka and a Fellow Member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects (SLIA). He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Built Environment and a Master of Science degree in Architecture from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. He is a practitioner whose main teaching areas are Theory of Architecture and Design, Theory of Cinema and Videography and Architectural Design. His areas of concentration in research are the Transcendental Experience of Sacred Landscapes and the Interface where comparative religion and landscape studies converge. At present he is registered for a MPhil/PhD in Architecture at the University of Moratuwa.


RMKU Rajapaksha, PhD, holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Architecture from the University of Queensland, Australia. He is an educator, researcher and practitioner who works as an Associate Editor for the Architectural Science Review Journal by Taylor and Francis, UK. His specialization includes architecture at net-Zero and teaching regenerative architecture.


Faiz MMT Marikar, PhD, is the most experienced scientist in the field of molecular biology, and he is currently working as the Director, Staff Development Centre, General Sir John Kotelawela Defence University Sri Lanka. He has B.Sc. Special Degree from University of Ruhuna.

Journal: MEΘEXIS Journal of Research in Values and Spirituality


Year of Publication: November 2024

Issue: Vol. IV, No. 2

Title: Landscapes of transcendence: The aniconic sacrality of mountain geographies

Author: Sanjeeva Guneratnea, Rmku Rajapakshab, Faiz Mmt Marikarc

Author Affiliation:

aSanjeeva Guneratne

Department of Architecture

Southern Campus-General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) Sewanagala, Sri Lanka

Email: sanjeeva23@hotmail.com

bRmku Rajapaksha

Department of Architecture

University of Moratuwa,

Katubedda, Sri Lanka

c Faiz Mmt Marikar

Staff Development Centre

General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University

Kandawala, Ratmalana