PATRIPPOA CHAMBER
7.800000,80.850000
Description
A dilapidated rock temple of unspecified nature and character said to have been mentioned (along with a dagoba) in a … description of ruins … furnished to me by the native whom I sent to copy inscriptions; and his account was afterwards confirmed by inhabitants from that district (FORBES 1840, 1841. vol. 2: 96). SITUATION: Unidentified. Possibly within the Wasgomuwa Natural Reserve and from the –>Gaetyagamma rock temple (note 1) at a distance of three miles (about 5 km) downstream along the Ambanganga or Amban Ganga and Ambang Ganga (note 2) and at a the extensive ruins, now known by the name of Maluwaya (note 3).A dilapidated rock temple of unspecified nature and character said to have been mentioned (along with a dagoba) in a … description of ruins … furnished to me by the native whom I sent to copy inscriptions; and his account was afterwards confirmed by inhabitants from that district (FORBES 1840, 1841. vol. 2: 96). SITUATION: Unidentified. Possibly within the Wasgomuwa Natural Reserve and from the –>Gaetyagamma rock temple (note 1) at a distance of three miles (about 5 km) downstream along the Ambanganga or Amban Ganga and Ambang Ganga (note 2) and at a the extensive ruins, now known by the name of Maluwaya (note 3).
Documents
Bibliography 06/01/2018- Forbes, Jonathan 1840, 1841.
History
Caves nearby
Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
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0.0 | GAETYAGAMMA ROCK TEMPLE | ||
20.0 | SIGIRIYA ROCK SHELTER | ||
20.0 | Aligala Galge | ||
20.0 | COBRA HOOD CAVE, Sigiriya | ||
20.0 | SIGIRIYA CAVE (KUSCH 1973) | ||
20.0 | ASSANG CAVE, Sigiriya | ||
20.7 | PIDURAGALA CAVE no. 1 | ||
20.7 | PIDURAGALA CAVE no. 2 | ||
22.2 | POTANA SHELTER |