Kudumbigala Monastery

Situated within the Northern parts of the Ruhuna National Wildlife Park and a short distance from the Eastern beach of panama,  Kudumbigala is a monastery of more than 200 cave accommodations.

Initially designed to house the meditating arhants of Anuradhapura from the hustle and bustle of the urban life, Kudumbigala reached its glorious peak during the time of King Dutugamunu in the first century BC.The one of a kind cylindrical shape stupa on the top of the mountain can be reached through steps carved on to the mountain. Many other stupas of the same unique shape but of smaller size lies in ruin within the monastery premises and are believed to enshrining the remains of the arhants.

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