GODEGEDARA VIHARA CAVE
6.950000,81.050000
Description
A so-called cave temple (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1983: 349), which may consist of a modified natural rock shelter (true cave?) used as a temple cave, contains rock art (drawings, paintings). SITUATION (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: ?; 1983: 349): At the Godegedara vihara, which lies at a travelling distance of about ten miles or 16 km from an unspecified starting point (Badulla?) down the Badulla - Godegama road (note 1). CULTURAL HISTORY - rock art: (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1983: 349): … three Buddha statues with wooden core and finished in plaster. Drawings of the seven weeks after the attainment of Buddhahood are on the walls inside a cave temple [sic! prob. qua: temple cave]. The ambulatory walls carry paintings of the birthstones of the Buddha.A so-called cave temple (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1983: 349), which may consist of a modified natural rock shelter (true cave?) used as a temple cave, contains rock art (drawings, paintings). SITUATION (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: ?; 1983: 349): At the Godegedara vihara, which lies at a travelling distance of about ten miles or 16 km from an unspecified starting point (Badulla?) down the Badulla - Godegama road (note 1). CULTURAL HISTORY - rock art: (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1983: 349): … three Buddha statues with wooden core and finished in plaster. Drawings of the seven weeks after the attainment of Buddhahood are on the walls inside a cave temple [sic! prob. qua: temple cave]. The ambulatory walls carry paintings of the birthstones of the Buddha.
Documents
Bibliography 06/01/2018- Ceylon Traveller 1983.
Histoire
Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
---|---|---|---|
9.4 | DOWEVIHARAYA ROCK TEMPLE | ||
9.4 | RAVANA ELLA CAVE | ||
10.8 | HINDAGALLA CAVE, Namunukula | ||
11.1 | RAVANALLA CAVE | ||
11.3 | Ella Cave (Berger 1992) | ||
12.8 | DOWA ROCK TEMPLE | ||
16.5 | ISTRIPURA CAVE, Welimada | ||
16.7 | ISTRIPURA CAVE, Welimada, 2nd | ||
16.8 | Luckyland Estate Temple Cave |