Maha Alut Vihara

The temple is the second largest in the Dambulla complex, measuring about 27 metres long and 25 metres wide and 11 metres high. It was suggested that it the functioned as storage chamber prior to its conversion into a temple. The addition of walls on the south, west, and east sides created a wedge-shaped void, which the architects filled with some fifty-seven statues.Read more