Known as the "Silver Temple," this 2nd-century BCE cave temple near Kurunegala marks the site where silver ore was discovered and used to help complete the great Ruwanwelisaya stupa in Anuradhapura, making it historically significant to one of Sri Lanka's greatest ancient monuments.
120 kmDistance from Colombo
~2.5 hrsTypical drive time
The temple complex still holds Buddha statues and painted chambers from across multiple historical periods, layered into the same cave system over centuries.