| Year and Month | November, 2013 |
| Number of Days | One Day Trip |
| Crew | 4 (between 25-60 years of age) |
| Accommodation | Friend’s House in Handapanagala, Wellawaya |
| Transport | Private vehicle (Dimo Batti) |
| Activities | Visiting a Buddhist Vihara |
| Weather | Sunny |
| Route | Galle -> Weherahena and return on the same route. |
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| Author | chamari |
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We started form Galle at about 10.00 in the morning. It was just about a 50 km drive and we arrived there before noon. The main things to notice are the large Buddha statue and the old tunnel system in the temple.
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This is how the Buddha statue will be seen from the parking place, before entering to the temple.
Once you enter the temple you can see the glasses which allow the sun rays inside the tunnel temple.
Underneath, it’s the tunnel temple. These glasses pour light inside.
The Buddha statue captured from the bottom.
In front of the Buddha statue there are several ponds.
In front of the statue
In front of the statue
At the end of the long pond is the entrance to the tunnel temple.
Entrance of the tunnel temple
View of the Buddha statue at the entrance of the tunnel temple
Inside the tunnel temple are the pictures and carvings done by cement. This was a little long going tunnel and there is a Buddhist thero to show you several “nidan wasthu” through a little window inside the tunnel.
Carvings and pictures inside tunnel temple
Carvings and pictures inside tunnel temple
Carvings and pictures inside tunnel temple