KORATOTA CAVE DWELLING

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).