Dova cave temple

Majestic rock-cut Buddha statue inside the historic Dova Cave Temple in Sri Lanka.

Dova cave temple

The Dova ancient rock temple next to the Bandarawela – Badulla mainroad is one of the significant rock temples in Uva province. Dova is believed to have served as a refuge of the famous king Walagambha in the first century BC. On the rear side of the Buddhist cave temples and image houses there is a small stupa inside a cave. This stupa marks the entrance, now locked, to a tunnel which is said to be 11 kms long and leading to the Ravana Ella cave and to be a part of an underground network of tunnels already built by Lanka’s legendary king Ravana.

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Majestic rock-cut Buddha statue inside the historic Dova Cave Temple in Sri Lanka.