Dambulla cave temple also known as the Golden Temple of Dambulla is a World Heritage Site in Sri Lanka, situated in the central part of the country. This site is situated 148 kilometres east of Colombo and 72 kilometres north of Kandy. The entrance to the Rock Temple by the Kandy main road, it is 2 km to the Dambulla town. Dambulla cave temple is Sri Lanka's Largest Rock Cave Temple built on a 600 feet high Rock.
Dambulla cave temple in Sri Lanka |
After King Vattagamini Abaya's rein, for several centuries this cave temple had not come under the patronage of any other Kings until Vijayabahu I (1055-1110 AD ), who made Polonnaruwa his kingdom. He had done renovations to the Cave temples and it is believed that there were Buddhist monks dwelling in this and nearby caves at that times. King Keerthi Sri Nissankamalla (1187-1196 AD ) was much involved in uplifting the place with many additional Buddha images being constructed and gold plating some seventy three Buddha images in the cave temple.
King Buwanekabahu (1372-1408 AD), King Vickramabahu III (1360-1374 AD), King Rajasinha I (1581-1591 AD) and King Vimaladharmasuriya I (1592-1604 AD ) are the other Kings merited with the uplifting of the status of the Temple at various times of the years gone by.
See also
The Rock Temple (Rangiri Dambulla Rajamaha Viharaya)and The Golden Temple
The Rock Temple (Rangiri Dambulla Rajamaha Viharaya)and The Golden Temple
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