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 18th
and 19th 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.
