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High medieval · Buddhist · Sri Lanka
Ibbagala Raja Maha Vihara
Kurunegala, North Western Province · 7.4875°, 80.3707°
Gautama BuddhaUndeterminedcave temple
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
An ancient Buddhist cave temple in the mid-valley of the Ethagala rock at Kurunegala, in Sri Lanka's North Western Province. Its title Raja Maha Vihara marks it as one of the temples that historically held royal patronage.