If You Like - Sri Lanka - page 40

Galle After you've explored the endlessly walkable Fort, continue on around the bay to the
tropical fantasy of Jungle Beach.
Buddhist Temples
More than 2000 years of religious heritage can be found in the temples great and small that
dot this small island. Time your visit with a festival for an extraordinary experience.
Gangaramaya Temple One of several temples in the capital that have high-profile celebra-
tions through the year.
Mulkirigala Hiding inside a series of cleft-like caves and dangling off a rocky crag is this
beautiful and little-visited temple.
Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic Containing a tooth of the Buddha, this is the heart and
soul of Sri Lankan Buddhism.
Sri Maha Bodhi The world's oldest documented living tree is the focus of this very sacred
site in the heart of Anuradhapura.
Mihintale This temple of legends has more than 1800 legendary steps to its mountaintop
location.
Nagadipa A simple temple on a little island in the far north where the Buddha, legend goes,
once visited.