Dambulla cave, is in Sri Lanka. There are actually 5 caves, and 153 Buddha statues. It is probable that people living in the caves predates the Buddha. Valagamba of Anuradhapura is traditionally thought to have converted the caves into a temple in the first century BC. Nissanka Malla of Polonnaruwa gilded the caves and added about 70 Buddha statues in 1190. In 1938 the architecture was embellished with arched colonnades and gabled entrances.
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A list of Buddhist sites to see in Sri Lanka.
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