Popularly known as the Golden Temple of Dambulla, Dambulla Cave Temple is a prominent World Heritage site in the island nation of Sri Lanka. Visit this attraction by taking part in one of the Sri Lanka tours offered Elegant Travels to make your Sri Lanka holidays nothing short of wonderful. Travel Sri Lanka seeks to help you make the most your leisure travel covering some of the most popular attractions. As the best-preserved and largest cave temple complex in the country, it consists of over 80 documented caves, five of which contain paintings and statues, all related to the life of Lord Buddha. Statues of gods Ganesh and Vishnu are also among these. On the walls of the caves you can see depictions such as the first sermon of Buddha and temptation by the demon Mara.
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