Situlpawwa temple

Location TISSAMAHARAMA
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Title Situlpawwa temple
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Created 11/11/19, 5:00 PM

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<ul>Situlpawwa temple is located inside the Yala National Park, 28 km north of Tissamaharama. This was a cave monastery in the 2nd century BC. According to the chronicles, there had been about 12,000 monks were practicing high ordinance in and around the Situlpawwa cave monastery.<br>
The main cave temple walls consist of few parts of the wall paintings belonging to the Anuradhapura era. </ul>