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Golden Temple of Dambulla also known as Dambulla Cave Temple
Golden Temple of Dambulla also known as Dambulla Cave Temple
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00:00Welcome to Trending Places, Today we will take you to 22 centuries old Buddhist Temple in Sri Lanka.
00:14Dambulla 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.
00:26This site is situated 148 km east of Colombo, 72 km north of Kandy and 43 km north of Matale.
00:40Dambulla Cave Temple is located at an elevation of 1118 feet from the sea level rises a massive rock from the surrounding plains of Dambulla of 600 feet high and over 2000 feet in length.
01:00It is home to the world's most acclaimed cave complex of magnificent Buddha images and rock paintings of vivid colors and shapes constructed and painted from around 2nd century BC and continued up to the Kandyan era of the 18th century.
01:20A sacred pilgrimage site for 22 centuries, this cave monastery, with its five sanctuaries, is the largest, best-preserved cave temple complex in Sri Lanka.
01:36The Buddhist mural paintings, covering an area of 2,100 square meters, are of particular importance, as are the 157 statues.
01:52Another interesting fact is that the archaeologists state that this cave and other numerous caves around the main rock had been in use for dwelling in prehistoric times too from the evidence found so far.
02:08Located in the center of the cultural triangle of Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Kandy, the Dambulla Rock Cave Temple can be reached by coming from Kandy along road which runs up through Dambulla and Anuradhapura.
02:29Situated by the main road, it is 68 km from Kandy and from the entrance to the rock temple by the main road, it is 2 km to the Dambulla town.
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