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Dowa Cave Temple is located 6km from Bandarawela. Placed
amidst the hills, the historic cave temple complex was once
the sanctuary for King Walagamba. The temple has a beautiful
ornamental gateway. It has a 38 ft Buddha image sculptured
from a single rock and paintings belonging to the Kandyan
era, depicting the Jataka stories
Dowa Cave Temple with its enigmatic divine charm is located
at the bottom of a hill on the banks of a charming hill stream.
the cave is a major Badulla tourist destination where visitors
admire the ancient and lovely paintings that adorn the walls
of the Dowa Cave Temple
Cave temples had been used in Sri Lanka since ancient times.
Cave temples has preserved some of the best examples of Sinhalse
art and Sinhalese architecture. In the years gone by of monarchy
rule in ancient Sri Lanka, the rock cave shelters secluded
in the forests served the recluse Buddhist monks in performing
their meditation tasks and other religious ceremonies. The
ruling kings of the time, chieftains and the people patronized
such cave abodes as well. As the years passed, such cave shelters
turned cave temples and abodes of Buddhist monks.
Kandyan style
There are two different styles of painting in Sri Lanka: classical
style and Kandyan style. The Classical style is dynamic, complex
and expressive whereas the Kandyan style holds it simplicity
and stability of expression
For sculpture, most of works are dominated by the Buddha
images, particularly in Kandyan style. In early times, the
statues of Buddha were often carved from the rocks of limestone
cliffs. Over the centuries, other kinds of materials have
also been adopted for sculpting the statutes of Buddha such
as jade, rock, crystal, marble, emerald, ivory, coral, wood,
and metal in Kandyan style. The ornamental sculptures on the
staircases of Buddhist shrines and palaces reveal exquisite
skill of Sri Lankan sculptors.
The temple has painting and architectural work of Kandyan
style.
A striking but spectacular part of the paintings lie on the
rock cave's ceiling. Here the paintings having the astrological
chart, with their symbols well featured. On the temple roof
ceiling if the image house are paintings of the lotus flower
in full bloom and its tendrils winding around have been artistically
executed.
Badulla, Sri Lanka is the charming capital town of the Uva
Province. It is a feast for the eyes as there is abundance
of palms and other tropical trees that cover the mountains
that encircle Badulla. . It was the base of sinhalese princes
who ruled the area under the king in Kandy before it became
part of the British Empire. It is located on the southeast
of Kandy; t encircled by the Badulu Oya River and is surrounded
by tea plantations
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