DOWEVIHARAYA ROCK TEMPLE

Badulla (LK)
6.865800,81.048100
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unidentified rock temple called Dowe Vihara (note 1) or Doweviharaya (note 2), which DULLING (1926) associated with Ella caves (compare: –>Ravana Ella Cave), may consist of a modified natural, sacred cave (temple cave) in limestone (note 3). SITUATION: CEYLON TRAVELLER (1974: 241-242; 1983: 243-244) describes the approach to –>Ravana Ella Cave … at the northern extremity of the Ella Rock, a great slab of primeval stone that dominates the valley of the Kirindi oya [note 4] as it flows down the Ella Gap [note 5] … The cave is approached via a path to a rock temple [i.e. Doweviharaya] fifty to sixty feet [some 15 or 18 m] below [Ravana Ella Cave] on the mountainside. POSITION: Doweviharaya appears to be indicated (without name) as a temple near N06°51'57”: E081°02'53” (±250 m, Everest 1830, Survey of Ceylon sheet -Nuwara Eliya- One-Inch series) on the approach to –>Ravana Ella cave.An unidentified rock temple called Dowe Vihara (note 1) or Doweviharaya (note 2), which DULLING (1926) associated with Ella caves (compare: –>Ravana Ella Cave), may consist of a modified natural, sacred cave (temple cave) in limestone (note 3). SITUATION: CEYLON TRAVELLER (1974: 241-242; 1983: 243-244) describes the approach to –>Ravana Ella Cave … at the northern extremity of the Ella Rock, a great slab of primeval stone that dominates the valley of the Kirindi oya [note 4] as it flows down the Ella Gap [note 5] … The cave is approached via a path to a rock temple [i.e. Doweviharaya] fifty to sixty feet [some 15 or 18 m] below [Ravana Ella Cave] on the mountainside. POSITION: Doweviharaya appears to be indicated (without name) as a temple near N06°51'57”: E081°02'53” (±250 m, Everest 1830, Survey of Ceylon sheet -Nuwara Eliya- One-Inch series) on the approach to –>Ravana Ella cave.

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Ceylon Traveller 1974, 1983; Dulling, L A 1926.

History

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.1RAVANA ELLA CAVE
1.9RAVANALLA CAVE
2.4Ella Cave (Berger 1992)
5.7HINDAGALLA CAVE, Namunukula
6.5DOWA ROCK TEMPLE
9.4GODEGEDARA VIHARA CAVE
11.0MAHAKANDE CAVE
13.5GALABODA KANDE GALGE
19.7ISTRIPURA CAVE, Welimada