KORATOTA CAVE DWELLING

Kaduwela (Colombo District - LK)
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Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cave dwellings … are scattered throughout Sri Lanka [and] there are many a bare half-hour's drive from Colombo [N06°55'55”: E079°50'52” WGS84]. One of the nearest, 12 miles [19.3 km along a road in an unspecified direction], is at Koratota [note 1], a rock temple still in use two miles [3 km along the road generally east] from Kaduwela [note 2] (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 249; 1983: 251). ETYMOLOGY: The Sinhala -tota- is a ford (COOK 1931: 347).Cave dwellings … are scattered throughout Sri Lanka [and] there are many a bare half-hour's drive from Colombo [N06°55'55”: E079°50'52” WGS84]. One of the nearest, 12 miles [19.3 km along a road in an unspecified direction], is at Koratota [note 1], a rock temple still in use two miles [3 km along the road generally east] from Kaduwela [note 2] (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 249; 1983: 251). ETYMOLOGY: The Sinhala -tota- is a ford (COOK 1931: 347).

Documents

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

History

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
3.3KADUWELA ROCK TEMPLE
16.7URUWELA CAVE DWELLING
17.6PILIKUTTUWA CAVE DWELLING
18.1PAL HORA GALGE
20.5ASGIRIYA CAVE DWELLING
23.3WAULA KANDA (Cave on)
24.4SITA GALGE, Avissawella
25.8BELI LENA, Athula
26.2ATTANAGALLA VIHARA CAVE DWELLING