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Cave temples

දඹුල්ල හා සිතුල්පූව ගුහාව


The earliest evidence of cave temples are found in the temple complexes of Mihintale A unique feature in these caves was the use of a drip ledge carved along the top edge of the rock ceiling which stopped rain water running into the cave.
 With time, doors, windows and walls of brick or stone were added. The roof and walls were plastered white and finished with decorative paintings, these are evident in the cave temples of Dambulla. Chipped material of the rock packed underneath the clay finished floor.

Cave complexes of Dambulla and Situlpahuwa contained 80 caves each, The Kaludiya Pokuna, Mihintale cave temple is constructed with brick walls, granite window openings, 
and ceilings. The Gal vihara, Polonnaruwa and the cave temples of Dambulla were initially constructed as cave temples, later on the cave temples were converted to image houses.


මිහින්තලේ විහාරස්ථානවල මුල්ම සාක්ෂි දක්නට ලැබේ. මෙම ගුහා තුළ සුවිශේෂී ලක්ෂණය වූයේ ගල් ගුහාවට ඉහළින් වැසුණු ජල කඳක් උඩින් කැටයම් කරන ලද ගඩොල් බැමි භාවිතා කිරීමයි. කාලයත් සමඟ ගඩොල් හෝ ගල්වලින් දොර, ජනේල සහ බිත්ති එකතු විය. වහලය සහ බිත්ති සුදු පැහැති හා අලංකාර සිතුවම් වලින් නිමා කර ඇති අතර ඒවා දඹුල්ල ලෙන් විහාරස්ථානවල දක්නට ලැබේ. මැටි බඳුන් යටින් ඇසෙන ලද ද්රව්යය නිමාවී ඇත.

දඹුල්ල හා සිතුල්පූව ගුහාව තුළ එක් එක් ලෙන් 80 ක් අඩංගු වන අතර, කලුඩිය පොකුණ, මිහින්තලේ ලෙන් විහාරය ගඩොල් බිත්ති, මැටි වින්ඩෝස් විවරයන් සහ සිවිලින් වලින් සමන්විතය. ගල් විහාරය, පොළොන්නරුව සහ දඹුල්ල ලෙන් විහාර විහාරය මුල්කාලීනව ගුහා විහාරයන් ලෙස ඉදිකරන ලද අතර, පසුකාලීනව ලෙන් විහාර දේවාල රූප ලෙස හැදින්විය.


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Location: Dambulla, Sri Lanka

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