| Location | TISSAMAHARAMA |
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| Thinkstodocategory | Places of worship |
| Title | Situlpawwa temple |
| Name | Situlpawwa temple |
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| Created | 11/11/19, 5:00 PM |
<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>