The Ancient Cities - Sri Lanka - page 446

Dambulla
Top Sights
1 Cave Temples A4
Sights
2 Dambulla Museum B4
3 Dambulla Produce Market B3
4 Golden Temple B4
Sleeping
5 Dambulla Heritage Resthouse B3
6 Healey Tourist Inn B3
7 Nature Tourist Inn B4
8 Sundaras B4
Eating
9 Bentota Restaurant B1
Dambulla Heritage Resthouse Cafe B3
Information
10 Cave Temples Ticket Office B4
Cave Temples BUDDHIST TEMPLES
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; adult/child US$10/free; 7.30am-12.30pm & 1-6pm)
The beautiful Royal Rock Temple complex sits about 160m above the road in the southern
part of Dambulla. Five separate caves contain about 150 absolutely stunning Buddha
statues and paintings, some of Sri Lanka's most important and evocative religious art.
Buddha images were first created here over 2000 years ago, and over the centuries subse-
quent kings added to and embellished the cave art.