Dambulla

Dabulla is a vast isolated rock mass containing cave temples which date back to the 1st Century and contain over 150 Buddha statue carved from the solid rock . One cave has more than 1500 paintings of the Buddha on its ceiling alone . Some of the frescoes here are over 2000 years old . There is also a colossal recumbent figure of the Buddha , carved out of rock , some 14 meters long .