Yatagala Rock Temple - Rocks, Peace and Art
Out of the many Buddhist historical sites in the South, Yatagala Rock Temple stands out as a place with a combination of exquisite Buddhist art and sculpture. The history of this massive temple complex runs back to the 13th Century, where a chief minister of the then ruler King Parakramabahu II, offered this temple with an 18 foot sleeping Buddha statue, frescoes and a sapling of the Sri Maha Bodhi, to the monks as a token of faith. Thus, most paintings and sculpture in the temple belong to the Dambadeniya and Kandyan traditions of art.
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