Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple

Matale District · Sri Lanka

Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple, Sri Lanka
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
November–March
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$
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A sacred pilgrimage site for 22 centuries, this cave monastery, with its five sanctuaries, is the largest, best-preserved cave-temple complex in Sri Lanka. The Buddhist mural paintings (covering an area of 2,100 m 2 ) are of particular importance, as are the 157 statues.

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