Dambulla

Dambulla

This is one of the cave temples in Sri Lanka. It called as Golden Rock temple. Temple is situated in 4 km s south  from the Dammulla town. Distance from the Kandy is 72 km and also distance from the Colombo is 150 km.

According to the chronicle, King Wlagamba was living in this caves with several  monks  because protect from enemies. After the returning power to him, he built a temple in caves which gave protection to gratitude to monks who protected him and after the temple was further developed by king Nissankamalla era.

This temple was well known for the ancient drowning which was drowning at the Kandy era in between 18^th and 19^th centuries.  Those drawings covers more than 2000 square meters wall on the cave, so Dambulla temple is a recommended place for anyone who investigating the ancient drowning of Sri Lanka. There are more than a hundred statues can be shown at the temple. Lot of statues represents Buddha and several statues represent ancient kings of Sri Lanka.