The next place I visited on my Buddhist pilgrimage in Sri Lanka was the Dambulla Cave monastery complex (Sinhala: Dam̆būlla Raja Maha Vihāraya), also known as the Golden Temple of Dambulla, situated in central Sri Lanka. Like Kelaniya, and the tooth relic temple in Kandy, the caves also have UNESCO world heritage site status (1991):… Continue reading THE OLDEST BUDDHIST CAVES COMPLEX IN SRI LANKA: Great King Caves of Dambulla (Sri Lanka pilgrimage III)