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Itinerary Culture Tour - Option I - Explore skills of local craftsmen (Year-round)
Duration Info DAY - 7 (Knuckles - Matale - Sigiriya)
Accommodation Info
Location SIGIRIYA
Meals Info Bed & Breakfast
Hotel Fresco Water Villa
Image DB_LACSHA.jpg
Id 360
Created 5/9/20, 6:57 AM

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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel<br></li><li>Transfer you to Sigiriya via Matale. Approximately 3 hours’ drive</li><li>En-route visit village called Pallehapuwita in Matale where Lacquer work has done. You can explore the technique behind this most creative craftsmanship.</li><li>Visit Dambulla Cave Temple, a UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site and Museum of Wall Paintings.</li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Fresco Water Villa, Sigiriya</li></ul>

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309 49 40 Dambulla cave temple, World heritage site Dambulla cave temple, World heritage site <ul>Dambulla cave temple, a world heritage site, (also known as the Golden Temple of Dambulla) is the largest and best-preserved cave temple complex in Sri Lanka. Dambulla cave temple is on a vast isolated rock mass towering 160 m. It was built by King Valagambahu in the 1st century BC and renovated in the 12th and 18th centuries AD by King Nissankamalla and King Kirti Sri Rajasinha.<br> <br>There are about 80 documented caves around the temple area. The cave temple is spread over 5 caves. The ceiling of those caves decorated with colourful paintings. Dambulla cave temple has the largest collection of over 150 Buddha statues within one place.<br> <br>The first cave is highlighted with a 14 m Buddha statue. The second cave, the largest contains 40 seated and 16 standing Buddha statues, statues of gods Saman and Vishnu, statues of Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Maitreya, and a dagoba. The ceiling of the cave is decorated with one large sweep of colourful paintings depicted scenes of Buddha’s life.<br> <br>The third cave contains masterpieces of the Kandy style ceiling and wall paintings depicted Buddhist traditions and tales of the Buddha’s previous birth. There are 50 Buddha statues and 4 statues of the Sri Lankan King in this cave. The fourth and fifth caves are small. </ul> 1 B.jpg 12/20/19, 11:43 PM View Edit
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182 49 44 Museum of wall painting Museum of wall painting <ul>The museum of wall painting is located within the premises of Dambulla cave temple. This is only one such kind of museum in Sri Lanka that displayed how the Sri Lankan cave and wall painting tradition evolved.</ul>. 1 B.jpg 2/16/19, 2:54 PM View Edit
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248 23 38 Laksha, Pallehapuwita, Matale Laksha, Pallehapuwita, Matale <ul>Laksha (lacquer) work is a unique Sri Lankan craftsman skill work that produces powder bowls, vases, walking sticks, jewellery boxes, etc. Pallehapuwita village in Matale is famous for Laksha work. Lac is a form of wax obtained from a species of insect. This wax is mixed with colours and applied to wooden objects with the help of a hand-driven lathe. 1 lacquer---b.jpg 2/19/19, 10:41 AM View Edit
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