Very peaceful and sacred place. The temple is carved from a part of rock mountain with 3 steps entering to the shrine room (Reclining Buddha). The wall painting is also very beautiful with hi light in many parts.

It is a historical Buddhist temple situated in the outskirts of Kandy Town. Generally, you will not find a very large crowd unlike other historic temples in Kandy. Has colourful paintings & frescoes which dates back to ancient times. It is a very calm place, which is highly suitable for meditation.

An ancient Buddhist cave temple with lots of wall & ceiling paintings. A nice & quiet place to study artworks from the Kandyan era. There are huge wooden & brass door locks with amazing carvings and paintings on them. There's only one cave with a huge sleeping Buddha statue.

This is a Historical Buddhist temple near Kandy Town with a peaceful and calm surrounding. Temple has colourful paintings & frescoes from ancient days. Parking spaces are available.

1600 old cave temple. Beautiful and peaceful to visit. Worth visiting

Degaldoruwa Raja Maha Vihara is an ancient Buddhist temple located in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The temple was built in the 18th century by King Kirthi Sri Rajasinghe and is famous for its beautifully painted cave temple, which contains intricate murals and frescoes depicting scenes from the life of the Buddha. The temple complex also features a sacred Bo tree, a stupa, and a library containing ancient Buddhist texts. Visitors can climb a series of steps to reach the temple and admire the stunning architecture and artwork that has been carefully preserved for centuries. The temple is a popular destination for those seeking to learn about Sri Lanka's rich Buddhist heritage and to experience the country's spiritual traditions.

Excellent cave paintings of the Buddha’s enlightenment. Even clearer than what you see in the Dambulla caves. A must when visiting Kandy!

Nice and quiet place As I saw they are doing some meditation things also.

Degaldoruwa Raja Maha Viharaya is a historic Buddhist temple located in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The temple is situated on a rock outcrop overlooking the Mahaweli River and is believed to have been built during the 18th century, although the exact date of its construction is unclear. The temple is known for its beautiful architecture and intricate wall paintings, which depict scenes from Buddhist mythology and the life of the Buddha. The paintings were created by local artists using traditional techniques and materials, and are considered to be some of the finest examples of Kandyan art. The main shrine room of the temple houses a statue of the Buddha in a seated position, flanked by statues of the Bodhisattvas Avalokitesvara and Maitreya. The temple also features a library containing ancient Buddhist texts and a museum displaying artifacts related to the history of the temple and the surrounding area. Degaldoruwa Raja Maha Viharaya is an important pilgrimage site for Buddhists in Sri Lanka, and attracts visitors from around the world who come to admire its art and learn about its rich history.

This temple is most famous place in central province area in Sri Lanka. Also wall painting on that in side of Viharaya is very beautiful and greatfull. That pictures may see someone there, he or she will never come back. This is the place you must need to visit in sri lanka.

Degaldoruwa Temple is Located in a village called Amunugama in Kandy. Built in a prepared cave, the temple is considered to be an art gallery that embodied the essence of Kandyan painting.

An old and historic temple. Beautiful

Most surprised. What a wonderful place. The paintings are sublime. A friendly monk opened the caves and explained the paintings to just my wife and me. Quite exceptional.

Rock cave tample in kandy area...

Beautiful place, little visited by tourists and retaining its own character thereby

One of the best places to see Kandyan Era wall paintings.

This temple is most famous for its paintings. When you enter to the 3rd chamber youll see a peculiar peeled off fragment of painting from the buddha statue side its on right hand side to the beginning of the wall from the door this painting was there in the whole wall but archeologists found some other painting beneath it so they peeled off the covered layer slowly so what now present is the paintings of solosmasthàna , iathaka sotries , huge painting of màra paràjaya and buddha's life. When it comes to 2nd chamber paintings they are so uniquely drawn making Degaldoruwa temple the most spectacular and fine work of art. These paintings contain the movement drawn in a skilled manner the best example is the painting in Wessanthara jathaka athàva( elephant) Dandèèma depiction . As to the Degaldoruwa sannasa it says that there was a large painting of sùvisi vivarana but unfortunately we won't be able to see it as it have been completely faded or destroyed, but in the 2nd camber if you watch carefully at the wall situated in the right hand corner you will able to see a small fragment of flower pattern which is immensely faded which proves that there are more paintings than that we see now on the present .

Arts and the structural engineering is amazing though it's an old temple. It's possible to see Kandian painting in the caves. There are couple of friendly dogs who is in the temple. Don't forget to give them a biscuit if you are visiting this place. If the caves are closed, you can ask the monks to open them up and they will give you a really good description about the paintings as well.

275 years old mural painting, one of the best but hidden gem

Woow its my village..

Relaxing & no entrance price...

Proud to be a srilanka history

Historical ♥️

Degaldoruwa Raja Maha Viharaya is a buddhist temple built by Kirthi Sri Rajasinghe King located in Amunugama, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Degalgoruwa temple is well known as of the frescoes.

Quiet, pretty clean and polite people around.

Ancient temple in a cave

It is a very ancient temple and has many important paintings. A beautiful temple in a quiet environment.

The best thing to visit it was that I was the only visitor and a monk was nice enough to let me in the main temple where a 550 year old lying Buddha , other sculptures and murals were shrined.No entrance fees but I did donate for the sake of niceness.

One of the best Kandy period Buddhist temples in Kandy. It has been written about by so many art historians including Ananda Coomaraswamy.

Beautiful cave temple, peaceful and magic place, very old wall drawings, ancient lying Buddha statue. We went there and it was closed but the monks opened the cave temple for us, we were the only ones to visit the temple. There is no entrance fee, a voluntary donation can be done, the monks are very happy if you give a donation.

(Translated by Google) Siṁhalayinge past performance, as well as Buddhism, had highlighted to show zeal siddhasthānayaka..mahanuvara Sirimalwatta Pallegama GS division is the only sacred place (Original) අතීතයේ සිටි සිංහලයින්ගෙ දක්ෂතාවයන් වගේම බුදු දහමට තිබුන ළැදියාව ඉස්මතු කර පෙන්වන සිද්ධස්ථානයක..මහනුවර සිරිමල්වත්ත පල්ලේගම ග්‍රාම නිලධාරි වසමේ තමයි මේ පූජණීය ස්ථානය තියෙන්නේ

Very nice painting and old story

Buddhist Temple

Degaldoruwa cave temple was no less wonderful than the Dambulla Cave Temple because, despite having less relics, it did have its own reclining Buddha and no crowds. We were greeted and shown around by simply the jolliest monk we’ve ever met. Full of beaming smiles and pride in the cave temple he was showing us he turned our visit into a special and rewarding experience.

This is an ancient Buddhist temple located within 30kms from Kandy town.The history of temple runs to Kandyan kingdom era .This is a great place to a person who study architecture and artistic aspects of ancient Kandyan Kingdom.

I didn't see any tourist there. Thanks to my host who drove me here to show me this gem. It was very very quiet, just me and my host only.

Another one of old historical Buddhist Temple in near Kandy Town. There is a very old Buddha's statue. Popular place in Kandy area. School children should read the history and get the information about these kind of Buddhist Temples. Each Buddhist Temple has a reason (most if the people doesn't know bcs it's secret) why they build it. Beautiful temple. The Buddhist monks are really very helpful and they will share the information about this. Good place. 👍

An ancient buddhist rock temple. This temple is old about over 250 years.

Degaldoruwa Raja Maha Vihara (Sinhala: දෙගල්දෝරුව රජමහා විහාරය) is an ancient Buddhist rock temple, situated in Amunugama, Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is famous for its Kandyan Era Frescoes.The cave itself was said to have been excavated out of a rock which rises to a height of approximately 12.3 m (40 ft),and shelters the shrine room and entrance chamber. Details relating to the construction of the temple and the royal land grant are contained on the Degaldoruwa Tamba Sannasa (Copper Plate). Construction of the temple was commenced in 1771 during the reign of King Kirti Sri Rajasinha [1747-1782 AD]by his younger brother, Rajadhi Rajasinha and completed by Rajadhi Rajasinha after he ascended to the throne. Following the temples completion Rajadhi Rajasinghe placed the Temple in the custody of a learned monk, Moratota Dhammakkanda Maha Nayaka Thera [1734-1811], who was also Rajadhi Rajasingha's teacher and chief advisor

Ancient budhist temple with building built in a cave many wooden doors with carvings and wall paintings and ancient ceiling paintings good place for tourists, nearby restaurants are not available, toilets are in a bad condition

Ancient Buddhist Cave Temple

Ancient Buddhist Temple

(Translated by Google) Ape Hela gothama budu ithihasaya…. (Original) Ape Hela gothama budu ithihasaya....

This ia an ancient Temple that includes "BITHU SITHUWAM" Which was created by KING KEERTHI SRI RAJASINGHE.

This is one of 'raja maha viharaya' in kandy. A good place to see kandyan cave paintings.

Place of worship with historic background.

Nice place to visit. It took only Rs 150/= by Tuk to reach the destination from Kandy-Colombo main road.

Very quiet place.A great place to free your mind.

This vihra is rich with rare and old wall arts belongs to kings period.

Ancient place and buddhist temple

Ancient temple

It is our national heritage

This ancient buddhist tenple is about 7km from kandy city

Ancient place and bwlongs to kandyan era painting and moonstone , you have to go before 6pm.

A historical temple , famous for frescos

Ancient temple. Speciality of this is its has Build by curving den in solid rock. Very old temple.

A very ancient temple.

The historical value of this temple is sublime. ☸️I recommend everyone who would like to explore true Sri Lanka would visit this temple. We received a detailed explanation about this temple and the paintings on the walls and ceilings are portrayed in a unique way.