DAMBULLA

Dambulla cave temple (or Dambulla golden temple) is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in the Dambulla district of Sri Lanka. Since its monastic beginnings in the first century BCE, the cave temple was home to thousands of meditating monks. Today the same cave temple hosts a massive collection of Buddhist murals and sculptures belonging to a pan-Asian artistic tradition. The cave temple was abandoned at regular intervals since its humble beginnings. Yet the royals and Buddhist elite kept renovating it to appease countless faithful pilgrims.