DIULANAGODA CAVE 1

(Monaragala District - LK)
6.616700,81.550000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

One of the two drip-ledged caves (note 1) on the gently rising, rocky hill Diulanagoda contains a white limestone image of the Buddha, eight feet [2.54 m], the crown of which touching the cave's roof (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: ?; 1983: 172). SITUATION: From Kumana (note 2) twenty miles (32 km) along a jeep track up the Kumbukkan oya (note 3), where Miocene limestone occurs (note 4), … and then half a mile to the North, the gently rising, rocky, the Diulanagoda or Diulanegoda (note 5) is surmounted by the crumbling remains of a dagaba. The hill appears to be terraced [sea-level?] and has two long flights of steps cut into the rock, leading from two directions to the summit (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1983: 172). CAVE POTENTIAL: Some other speleologically relevant items on the Kumbukkan Oya (N06°30': E081°42') are the –>Habessa -rock cave- (N06°42': E081°19') and the –>Viharegala -caves- (N06°39': E081°39').One of the two drip-ledged caves (note 1) on the gently rising, rocky hill Diulanagoda contains a white limestone image of the Buddha, eight feet [2.54 m], the crown of which touching the cave's roof (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: ?; 1983: 172). SITUATION: From Kumana (note 2) twenty miles (32 km) along a jeep track up the Kumbukkan oya (note 3), where Miocene limestone occurs (note 4), … and then half a mile to the North, the gently rising, rocky, the Diulanagoda or Diulanegoda (note 5) is surmounted by the crumbling remains of a dagaba. The hill appears to be terraced [sea-level?] and has two long flights of steps cut into the rock, leading from two directions to the summit (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1983: 172). CAVE POTENTIAL: Some other speleologically relevant items on the Kumbukkan Oya (N06°30': E081°42') are the –>Habessa -rock cave- (N06°42': E081°19') and the –>Viharegala -caves- (N06°39': E081°39').

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Ceylon Traveller 1974, 1983.

History

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0DIULANAGODA CAVE 2
9.2TALAGURUHELA GALGE
11.6VIHAREGALA CAVE
12.4LUNUATUGALGE
13.3MANDAGALA CAVES
13.3KANABISUNGE GALGE
16.5Bovattagala Caves
17.0MAHALENAMA CAVES
17.5KONGALA CAVES