<< Our Photo Pages >> Dambula Cave temple - Cave or Rock Shelter in Sri Lanka
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Dambula Cave templeCountry: Sri Lanka Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Latitude: 7.856803N Longitude: 80.647805E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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PAB visited on 1st Mar 2013 - their rating: Amb: 4
The Dambula Cave temple is a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is the largest and best-preserved cave temple complex in Sri Lanka. It was founded in the 1st century BCE.
There are more than 80 caves in the surrounding area. The main 5 caves, are containing statues and paintings of Buddha and his life. There are more than 153 Buddha statues. The latter include two statues of Hindu gods, the god Vishnu and the god Ganesh.
These cave complexes were inhabited before the arrival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. There are burial sites with human skeletons about 2700 years old in this area, at Ibbankatuwa near the Dambulla cave complexes.
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