Dowa Cave Temple is located 6km from Bandarawela. Placed amidst the hills, the historic cave temple complex was once the sanctuary for King Valagamba. The temple has a beautiful ornamental gateway. It has a 38 ft Buddha image sculptured from a single rock and paintings belonging to the Kandyan era, depicting the Jataka stories.
Dowa Cave Temple with its enigmatic divine charm is located at the bottom of a hill on the banks of a charming hill stream. the cave is a major Badulla tourist destination where visitors admire the ancient and lovely paintings that adorn the walls of the Dowa Cave Temple. The temple has painting and architectural work of Kandyan style. A striking but spectacular part of the paintings lie on the rock cave's ceiling. Here the paintings having the astrological chart, with their symbols well featured. On the temple roof ceiling if the image house are paintings of the lotus flower in full bloom and its tendrils winding around have been artistically executed.
Badulla, Sri Lanka is the charming capital town of the Uva Province. It is a feast for the eyes as there is abundance of palms and other tropical trees that cover the mountains that encircle Badulla. . It was the base of Sinhalese princes who ruled the area under the king in Kandy before it became part of the British Empire. It is located on the southeast of Kandy; t encircled by the Badulu Oya River and is surrounded by tea plantations
