Golden temple in Dambulla, Sri Lanka
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This is the modern Golden Temple, a structure completed in 2000 using Japanese donations. On top of the cube-shaped building sits a 30m-high Buddha image in the dhammachakka mudra (wheel-turning pose). Signs claim that it is the largest Buddha in the world, but it’s not even the largest in Sri Lanka.
This is the starting point for the hike to the cave temple up the hill with the famous Buddhist mural paintings.
Submitted: 22/02/2020
Accepted: 22/02/2020
Golden temple in Dambulla, Sri Lanka
Buy this photo on Getty Images : Getty Images
This is the modern Golden Temple, a structure completed in 2000 using Japanese donations. On top of the cube-shaped building sits a 30m-high Buddha image in the dhammachakka mudra (wheel-turning pose). Signs claim that it is the largest Buddha in the world, but it’s not even the largest in Sri Lanka.
This is the starting point for the hike to the cave temple up the hill with the famous Buddhist mural paintings.
Submitted: 22/02/2020
Accepted: 22/02/2020