TANTIRIMALAI CAVES

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Unspecified -caves- at Tantirimalai contain -paintings- (rock art) in red colour (KUSCH 1973c: 22). Compare the –>Ochappu Kallu Rock Shelters. SITUATION: KUSCH (1973c: 22) places Tantirimalai (note 1) allegedly 20 miles (about 32 km along a couple of roads) -north- (more likely: north-west) of Anuradhapura (N08°21': E080°23') and two miles west of the Mawatu Oya (sic! qua: Malwatu Oya). SURVEY DEPARTMENT (1977: Sri Lanka road map) indicates Tantirimalai at the north-eastern edge of the Wilpattu National Park and above the south-western (orographically left) bank of the Malwatu Oya (note 2). CULTURAL HISTORY - rock art: According to KUSCH (1973c: 22), an unacknowledged bibliographical source (note 3) is said to mentions -drawings- (sic) similar to the -paintings- at Tantirimalai, which have been discovered in -caves- at –>Madagala, –>Mahalenama, and at –>Kadurupoluna.Unspecified -caves- at Tantirimalai contain -paintings- (rock art) in red colour (KUSCH 1973c: 22). Compare the –>Ochappu Kallu Rock Shelters. SITUATION: KUSCH (1973c: 22) places Tantirimalai (note 1) allegedly 20 miles (about 32 km along a couple of roads) -north- (more likely: north-west) of Anuradhapura (N08°21': E080°23') and two miles west of the Mawatu Oya (sic! qua: Malwatu Oya). SURVEY DEPARTMENT (1977: Sri Lanka road map) indicates Tantirimalai at the north-eastern edge of the Wilpattu National Park and above the south-western (orographically left) bank of the Malwatu Oya (note 2). CULTURAL HISTORY - rock art: According to KUSCH (1973c: 22), an unacknowledged bibliographical source (note 3) is said to mentions -drawings- (sic) similar to the -paintings- at Tantirimalai, which have been discovered in -caves- at –>Madagala, –>Mahalenama, and at –>Kadurupoluna.