Golden Temple, dambulla, sri lanka

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Golden Temple, dambulla, sri lanka

Dambulla cavern church additionally well known as a Golden Temple of Dambulla is a World Heritage Site (1991) in Sri Lanka, situated in a executive partial of a country. This site is situated 148 km easterly of Colombo as well as 72 km north of Kandy. It is a largest as well as best-preserved cavern church formidable in Sri Lanka. The rock towers 160 m over a surrounding plains.There have been more than 80 documented caves in a surrounding area. Major attractions have been widespread over 5 caves, that enclose statues as well as paintings. These paintings as well as statues have been related to Lord Buddha as well as his life. There have been sum of 153 Buddha statues, 3 statues of Sri Lankan kings as well as 4 statues of gods as well as goddesses. The latter embody two statues of Hindu gods, a God Vishnu as well as a God Ganesh. The murals cover an area of 2,100 square meters. Depictions on a walls of a caves embody a temptation by a demon Mara, as well as Buddha's initial sermon.

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