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Dambulla cave temple (Sinhala: දඹුල්ල රජ මහා විහාරය, romanized: Dam̆būlla Raja Maha Vihāraya; Tamil: தம்புள்ளை பொற்கோவில், romanized: Tampuḷḷai Poṟkōvil), also known as the Golden Temple of Dambulla, is a World Heritage Site (1991) in Sri Lanka, situated in the central part of the country. [1]
Aluvihare Rock Temple: Aluvihare: Matale: 11 October 1974: Caves with inscription and drip ledges [4] Ambokka Raja Maha Vihara: Ambokka: Pallepola: 30 December 2011: Cave temple, rock inscription, the flight of steps made in the natural rock, and other artifacts [5] Ambokka Sri Pathini Devalaya, Kumara Bandara Devalaya, Rittageya and Kapsitawu ...
Dambulla (Sinhala: දඹුල්ල Dam̆bulla, Tamil: தம்புள்ளை Tampuḷḷai) is a city situated in the north of Matale District, in Sri Lanka's Central Province. It is the second largest populated and urbanised centre after Matale in the Matale District .
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This temple is known as the Dambulla Rock Temple. [4] King Valagamba also built several other temples. The Tripitaka , which had been handed down orally by the Bhikkhu order, was recorded on palm leaves in the Aluvihara Temple, Matale during the Fourth Buddhist Council.
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During the reign of Arikesari II, his father Narasimha's officer tantrapala Peddanarya established a temple of the Sun god. [15] His 10th-century inscription alludes to two other temples - Rajesvvara (possibly modern Kedaresvara temple [ 16 ] ) and Nagaresvara - which may have been commissioned by the Chalukyas of Vemulavada.
Usage of "Telangana" came to distinguish the predominantly Telugu-speaking region of the erstwhile Hyderabad State from its predominantly Marathi-speaking one, Marathwada. After Asaf Jahis ceded the Seemandhra region to the British, the rest of the Telugu region retained the name Telangana and the other parts were called Madras Presidency's ...