Dambulla Cave Temple
Pick up from the Negombo or Colombo drive to Dambulla.
The Rock Temple of Dambulla, called Jumbukola Vihara (Dambulla Cave Temple) in the (Mahavamsa)-the principal Pali Chronicle of Sri Lanka, is situated about forty seven miles north west of Kandy, the last capital of the Sinhalese kings, on the main road to Anuradhupura.
The Dambulla Rock Temple had first been constructed during the regin of King Vattagamini Abhaya( 103 BC and 89-77 BC ). The Sinhalese often call him as King Valagamba.


