Kaballava Raja Maha Viharaya is an ancient temple located in the Polpithigama area in Kurunagala. Lately, this temple has become very famous amongst Sri Lankan as it one of the locations used to shoot one if Sri Lankas most famous teledramas called Sidu. If you are ever a fan of this teledrama, the sites of many locations within this temple comes to mind. Overall, the this temple is very ancient and carries a significant cultural value with an ancient heritage.

Kaballewa Raja Maha Viharaya is a ancient buddhist rock cave temple lacated twenty two kilometers from Kurunegala town. Large cave is there inside which ancient Budda statues, wall arts and a small sthupa can be seen. Also this temple is a good view point. Parking and accommodation available in the temple

Ancient temple situated at wallagala ,wariyapola in kurunegala district. Temple has been built on the top of a rock. There are several caves in this place. King walagamba is said to has hidden in this place. Thousands of people in wesak and poson come to worship this ancient temple. Great place to visit..

This temple has been built during King Vattagamini Abaya (104 BC, 89-77 BC) popularly known as King Walagamba. The Len Viharaya (cave temple) is situated at the middle of the rocky mountain. Kabella Lena Cave Temple lies on the Kurunegala – Putlum road closer to Wariyapola town. There is the Suniyam Devale which attract most of the people to this site. The deity Suniyam (‘Suniym Deiyo’) is considered a powerful deity capable of placing curses on other people.

This is Kaballelena temple. Not Kaballava temple (කැබැල්ලෑලෙන) also called as Wellagala Raja maha purana viharaya (වැල්ලෑගල පුරාණ රජ මහ විහාරය) which was believed to built in 88 BC by King Walagamba. People says that the longest sleeping statue of Buddha (ලංකාවේ දිගම සැතෙපෙන පිළිමය) is here on the rock that anyone can see by climbing via the stone steps carved in the king's time. A very beautiful place and with a historical value and the place prove the abilities of people lived here.

Temple on the rock. You can get nice viwe of kurunegala area.

Good place with a historical value. Now it have become a very old place even though it is historical newly created buildings also haven't repaired from long time. You can get a good scenery view from the top of the mountain by the way.

The Len Viharaya (cave temple) is situated at the middle of the rocky mountain (not on the top). There is a concrete road to the top from the right side of the rock while climbing the rock is the shorter path. The view from above and the cave temple is the main attraction here. But the cave temple is open on Poya days and Saturdays and Sundays only, as per the care taker. This is because the maintenance cost is higher than the income, they depend on the money and contributions from the people who visits the place and the villagers. The cave temple is bit similar to the Dambulla cave temples but small in size. Still it has an interesting collection. The road to the temple from the main road is quite good. Place is not hard to find. There are signs contain warnings “Beware of Hornets”. If you are visiting "Panduwasnuwara" you can have some time to visit this place also.

Kabbella Lena Cave temple Travelling along the Kurunegala – Puttalam road passing a sign board pointing to the turn off to the Kabbella- lena cave temple and having time on hand we decided to visit this site. A little before reaching the Hiripitiya town another sign board pointed to the len-viharaya on the rock. At the bottom of the rock was the temple. The tea shop in the premises had just opened for the day. The little boy who helped his mother to run the shop, told us that he was schooling at the Pirivena nearby, while his mother served us with a steaming hot cup of ginger tea. We helped ourselves to the bunch of plantains hanging from the eaves. A few plastic toys were displayed for sale and I couldn’t resist buying a green parrot on wheels for my little daughter back home. The gate to the top of the rock was yet not opened. Another group of people from Ginigathhena had come to make a vow at the Devalaya which was also at the top of the rock. A tiny shriveled up old woman smiled at me and said, “Our village folk come here once a year. Many miracles happen here . We collect money to hire the van and we share the cooking expenses. For breakfast we had seeni sambol and bread and we cooked and packeted our lunch. We woke up at 3 am to begin the trip today, so that we are here early. Today the kapu-mahaththaya is late. Otherwise by now we could have commenced the ceremonies.” The little ones in the group were restless. The youngest member in the group was an infant of 5 months who slept peacefully at its mothers breasts. The oldest could have been well into their eighties. At last the gate was opened with the arrival of the kapu-mahaththaya. And we all trudged up the rock cut steps – we went towards the len-viharaya and they towards the devalaya carrying their offerings. At the entrance to the len viharaya was a beautiful rock pool. The elongated len-viharaya was situated on the sheer face of the rock with a wide ledge in front. Unfortunately the doors to the shrine room where closed. Inside, we were told included one of the largest reclining Buddha images. The wide rocky ledge included the bodhi tree – dressed lime green with its seasonal new leaves, and a pillared and tiled, open hall, built quite recently for the convenience of the pilgrims. On top of the len viharaya, higher up on the rocky face in an oblong niche was an unusual cluster of carvings. The locals believe that this site was one of the caves where king Walagamba had hidden from his enemies and subsequently built a shrine room in thanks giving. We were told that two sites in the same area claimed of the same name – Kabella-lena, and this site at Wellagala was one of them.

Kandiyan Era Buddhist paintings (frescoes)...! Nice place to visit on the way to Anuradhapura via Wariyapola not allowed snap shots inside the cave. 'Mara parajaya' defeating the 'Maraya' and his army is the main topic of fresco. can see similarity between Ridee Viharaya frescoes. one figure had been aimed Gun against Lord Buddha's Enlightenment ...!

This is ancient temple constructed by king walagamba most beautiful place in that region and the temple situated on the huge rock caves approx 1000 feet high from the ground nice surrounding and calm environment good for very one those who are loves to relaxation

Paintings are belongs to the kandy era

Beautiful ancient temple in sri lanka. according to the record the longest reclining Buddha statue situated in this temple. King walagamba has built this temple.

Nice calm place but not open always to go You should call and ask whether it’s open or not Normally Wednesday and Saturday opens Here added a information photo for poojaas