Pilikuttuwa Raja Maha Viharaya, Yakkala.

An ancient religious place for buddhists. But even for catholics, it feels so calm. There is a forest which suits for monks' meditation. You also can enter there only if it is a poyaday. ❤ But anyday, you can visit this temple.

One of the best places to visit in gampaha area. It is a calm and beautiful temple with a historical value. You can climb up to the top through the jungle where you can see a beautiful view.Better to visit there before midday.

This is a ancient cave temple situated in Gampaha district about 2km from Yakkala Kirindiwela main road. You can climb on to the rock via a little bit difficult path. On the top of the rock you can see very large area. You can also see te colombo buildings and nelum kuluna. Better to climb before the dark comes if not you can't find the road.
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Ancient cave temple situated in Gampaha District is closed to yakkala Town. It is from 3.5km drive from Colombo - Kandy main road. This is one of the temple from the complex built by King Walagamba from Anuradhapura period. View from the top sees Maligathenna temple from the east and Colombo city from the west. It is sad to witness the deforestation at this mountain range

A beautiful hidden buddhist temple in gampaha with ancient arts of portuguese rule era in sri lanka. Can climb up to experience a greeny nice view from the top of the temple.

One of the Most beautiful temples in Sri Lanka. Historically and Archaeologically important place built by king Walagamba. It has beautiful murals and statues. one of the places you can relax and spend some time. This temple contains 99 caves that monks used to meditate. It has some dutch architectural constructions as well.

Loads of caves surrounded by the forest. The Mountain view is breathtaking even with the Pineapple and banana plantation. While there are 2 paths to climb the top of the mountain, the path through Cave inscriptions is less steep and less slippery even during rainy season. The wooden bridge by the lake has a good scenery as well. Inside the temple there were paintings of Portuguese soldiers. Never seen that before.

Ancient raja maha vihara which is closer to Yakkala junction in Gampaha. This is protected by archaeological department of Sri Lanka. Great place to relax your mind. This was said to be built by King Walagamba. Here you can see an ancient wooden bridge, murals and so many caves. Must visit this place.

Another very old temple located in gampaha district. There are few rock caves belong to the temple. Also you can see "Dolawa" and wooden bridge in side the temple. Big pound also there. Very beautiful place with so many trees and birds.

This is one of the largest temple which was made by a King who is King Valagammba, at the time period of 89 - 77 BC. And it’s believed that there are Caves with huge rock formation above the temple.

The King Valagammba used the complicated caves to escape from the time where there was a Indian Invasion.

Further Archaeological Excavation Evidence have prove that this area was inhabited since pre historic period. This beautiful Kings Temple is located on the Gampaha - Wathuruga road approximately 3.8 Km (2.4 Mil) away from Miriswatta Junction. This Temple was formally recognized by the Government Archaeological research on this area.

Please be noted there will be No Photography in this temple violating its rules with unwanted behavior. Photos can be taken after given permission by the Archaeological Office which is located above the pond area.

• When entering there is a dress-code to be on this holy yet ancient location, clean white color clothes should be worn here without any revealing appearance.

• Be respectful and be Silent.

• Do Not Write on the old rock formation for your love memories, it is not your drawing board.

• Do Not Draw on trees which are legendary. Do you want to spoil your kids future ? So Don’t.

• Do not drop your plastic waste - toffee raper / polytene bags / plastic bottles / and even glass bottles.

Enjoy this beautiful location and keep only your Foot print. Be proud to be a Sri Lankan which is our history with Advance Technology used by our Kings.

Wow it's place to describe, I visited their few years back when I was little and I can remember at that time this place is very popular because of a " pus wela" .I don't know whether it excite or not. But sure it has its popularity. This place will be very crowded on Poya days. And also this is a religious place.

It's another cave rock temple located in Gampaha district very close to Yakkala Town.Taking around 15 minutes to go to the top of the rock and you can see nice view from there.

Great pre-hitorical & historical place.
There are many caves around the pilikuttuwa area. This area have to rich pre-historical effectives.
After that most valuable period is 3-1 b.c.
There are three brahmi inscriptions into the this time.
In addition to that,
* oldest mould creeper.
* wood brigde ( period of kandy).
* stone pond.
* hikkaduwe sri sumangala thero's sedan.
* painting of kandy period.
* statuary (buddha & gods)
* monasteries
* tank
have into this temple.

Pilikuththuwa Raja Maha Vihara is an ancient Cave temple situated in Pilikuththuwa, Sri Lanka. It is located on the Gampaha - Wathurugama road.

Very historical place. You can climb the rock through the forest. Beautiful temple.

My first time visit to this picturesque sacred place. Very good, calm and quite place for a family day trip, it's a sacred Buddhist temple, so please don't harm the nature and the culture.

This temple exemplifies both vernacular architecture involving caves and popular architectural styles during the colonial period. It is easily accessible by a vehicle and not far away from Colombo.

Temple dates back to 200 BC. 78 caves. Need 2-3 hours to walk if you want to cover a larger area.
Beautiful, calm historical place.
I went with a toddler, so didn't climb way up.

Very beautiful temple with 99 caves to visit. Worth visiting

beautiful temple i love that temple.. be calm and cool place