Kuragala Rajamaha Viharaya

                            ...Kuragala Rajamaha Temple...

Kuragala is a prehistoric archaeological site consisting of an early human settlement of the Late Pleistocene and a complex of ancient Buddhist cave temple ruins dating to the 2nd century AD in the Balangoda region of Sri Lanka.

It is located approximately 24 km (15 mi) from Balangoda town on the Balangoda Kalthota road. The site has been officially recognized by the government as an archaeological reserve in Sri Lanka.

According to the archaeological evidence found in the area of ​​Kuragala, stone tools, fossilized bones, and remains of a human skeleton believed to be more than 8000 years old were found in the Kuragala area.

Also, considering this Kuragala temple as a Buddhist monastery, it is revealed from archaeological records that it belongs to the period from the 3rd century BC to the 1st century AD. This ancient Kuragala Rajamaha Vihara is a fascinating temple that has been recently recreated for the Buddhist people. Recently, many people visited this Kuragala temple.

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