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Kudagala – Punchi Sigiriya (Dehiattakandiya)

Kudagala is a rock formation in the Dehiattakandiya

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Kudagala is a rock formation in the Dehiattakandiya close to another huge rocky outcrop which has some resemblance to Sigiriya. In 1968 Professor Senarath Paranavithana explored this site and recorded of cave walls adorned with frescoes similar to Sigiri Frescoes at this site. Thus, this location is better known as “Kuda Sigiriya” or “Punchi Sigiriya” among the villagers. The caves on this rock formation has been adobes to the meditating Buddhist monks since the pre-christian era. Even today the site serves and a Forest Hermitage for few meditating bikkus. This site is also referred as “Kudagala Arannya” and “Kudagala Rajamaha Viharaya”.

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