The Entrance Of The Archaeological Temple Kuragala Stock Photography

This picture shows the entrance of the kuragala temple.It consists of a lion satute. Kuragala is a pre-historic archaeological site ruins of ancient Buddhist Cave temple complex, dating back to the 2nd century BC, in Balangoda, Sri Lanka. The temple complex is located on the Balangoda - Kaltota road approximately 24 km distance from the Balangoda town. The site has been formally recognised by the Government as an archaeological reserve in Sri Lanka.In 2013 after the Mosque attempted to expand into the caves and began covering up inscriptions with cement and destroying others with concentrated acid the archeological department intervened and demolished most of the illegal constructions but the mosque remains.