A sacred pilgrimage site for 22 centuries, this cave monastery with its five sanctuaries, is the largest, best-preserved cave-temple complex in Sri Lanka. The Buddhist mural paintings (covering an area of 2,100 m2 ) are of particular importance, as are the 157 statues
Thank you JD for the beautiful site card with superb stamps.
Date of Inscription: 1991
Ref: 561 (Unesco.Org)
2013 Stamp- Dambegoda Bodhisattva Statue
2017 Stamp- Kek Lok si Malaysia - Buddha
2017 Stamp-Somapur Maha Vihara, Bangladesh,
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