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Dambulla Cave Temple

Rank:

Top 1000

Wonder Type: Cultural

Country: Sri Lanka

Best of: Archaeological Site, Temple, Buddhism, Cave

Description:

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 m² ) are of particular importance, as are the 157 statues. [More Details]

This article uses material from UNESCO World Heritage List article "Dambulla Cave Temple", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 IGO License.