Dambulla Caves

By March 1, 2018 Sri Lanka No Comments

This is one of the most interesting temples I have ever been to.  It is planned out very well and interesting how they built caves from the rocks to make the temple.

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We thought Sigiraya was over! haha!!! a bit of hiking to go up to the temple!Dambulla Caves (3) Dambulla Caves (4)
Dambulla Cave temples This breathtaking cave temple consists of a complex ( 5 caves ) of Buddhist image houses. Its rock ceiling is one large sweep of colorful frescoes (2,500 sq meters ) , some of which dates back to over 2,000 years, which depicts Buddhist mythology, and the tales of the Buddha’s previous births. This cave temple has the largest number of Buddha statues (158 Buddhas) all housed in one place, including a 14 meter long, colossal figure of the recumbent Buddha carved out of the rock.
This was where the 1st Century B.C. King was kept exiled in a cave by a monk. #Dambullacaves #srilankrew #srilankanstyle

Dambulla Caves (6)Dambulla Caves (10)You cannot enter temples in shorts or sleeveless so our tourguide provided sarongs for those who were in shorts. Dambulla Caves (9) No shoes as well so if you do not want to walk barefootDambulla Caves (8) Bring socks! or good thing our tourguide had socks 🙂Dambulla Caves (7)Dambulla Caves (46)Dambulla Caves (50)Dambulla Caves (11) Dambulla Caves (13) Dambulla Caves (14) Dambulla Caves (25) Dambulla Caves (19) Dambulla Caves (18) Dambulla Caves (32) Dambulla Caves (38) Dambulla Caves (47) Dambulla Caves (33) Dambulla Caves (34) Dambulla Caves (35) Dambulla Caves (26) Dambulla Caves (23) Dambulla Caves (17) Dambulla Caves (16) Dambulla Caves (15) Dambulla Caves (30) Dambulla Caves (29)  Sponsored by HSBC as per Kim!  haha!!Dambulla Caves (28) Dambulla Caves (36) Dambulla Caves (37) Dambulla Caves (39) Dambulla Caves (31) Dambulla Caves (45) Dambulla Caves (49) Dambulla Caves (48) Dambulla Caves (55) Dambulla Caves (54) Dambulla Caves (53)At Vishnu Deity Dambulla cave temples. Ladies who want to get pregnant come here and if they are successful they come back with a gift of coconut ? #srilankanstyle #srilankrew #dambulla
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