About
Location :
Added by Jopie, at 16 December 2016
Gallery
Add missing information
18 Reviews
-
30 July 2019
Historical place, calm environment. Every Buddhist should visit this place
response / report this review -
01 June 2019
Most actractive Plac
response / report this review -
21 May 2019
Very beutiful and historical place
response / report this review -
19 May 2019
The best place in Sri Lanka.
response / report this review -
11 April 2019
Most valuable place for buddhist
response / report this review -
12 April 2018
Buddhist temple. This temple is called "දිවා ගුහාව". Beautiful environment.
response / report this review -
08 April 2018
It's one of solosmasthana of Buddhists. This place is sacred for Buddhist as the belief of that lord Buddha had stay there with 500 Rahath Theros. The cave is on top of a mountain. It's not very high. There is a car park so you can stop your car and climb to the top by staircase. There are about 200 steps in staircase and the sorrounding is very beautiful. You can see the Sri pada from the cave. Cave is cool and water drops are falling from the roof of the cave always. There is a pond with a big statue of a frog. There is a Buddha statue and paintings too
response / report this review -
15 February 2018
Batatotalena cave temple lies on a rocky mountainous range in a tiny village called Batatota in Kuruwita, in the Ratnapura district. The Batathota Lena (Batatotalena) Cave temple which had been neglected in a dense jungle has now become famous as one of the religious sites. It is also held in high esteem by the Buddhist community in Sri Lanka. This cave temple located on a mountainous forest is visited by thousands of pilgrims daily with great devotion and respect.
Legend says that this cave temple was built by King Nissankamalla (1178-1207) during the Polonnaruwa period in which the King had accidently discovered the temple, on his way to Sri Pada. Batatota cave temple is also venerated for ‘Diwaguhawa’ where Lord Buddha is said to have spent the rest of his day with 500 disciples on his return from the Sri Pada.
The most impressive architectural feature in this cave temple is its magnificent ‘ Makara Thorana ‘ that dates back to the Polonnaruwa period and a part of it has been renovated by the villagers, as it had been disfigured.response / report this review -
14 January 2018
The Batathota Lena (Batatotalena) Cave temple which had been neglected in a dense jungle has now become famous as one of the religious sites. It is also held in high esteem by the Buddhist community in Sri Lanka. This cave temple located on a mountainous forest is visited by thousands of pilgrims daily with great devotion and respect.
It was the initiative of the Batatotalena Ancient Cave Temple Renovation Society (BACTRS) to commence a speedy renovation programme of the cave temple which has been of religious significance to the Buddhist order of the country. Batatotalena cave temple lies on a rocky mountainous range in a tiny village called Batatota in Kuruwita, in the Ratnapura district.
To visit this temple, devotees, have to travel seven kilometres on a narrow Erathna-Kuruwita road, that leads to Adam’s Peak. This road devotees can reach Batatota junction where visitors can proceed half a kilometre arriving at the foot Batatota mountain. A flight of beautifully carved stone steps lead to the Batatota cave temple.
Legend says that this cave temple was built by King Nissankamalla (1178-1207) during the Polonnaruwa period in which the King had accidently discovered the temple, on his way to Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak). Batatota cave temple is also venerated for ‘Diwaguhawa’ where Lord Buddha is said to have spent the rest of his day with 500 disciples on his return from the Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak). Legend also cites that Lord Buddha has taken rest in this cave after placing the footprint on Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak) on the invitation of God Sumana Saman.
It is said that King Nissankamalla had visited this cave temple in the course of his religious expeditions to Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak) and had built the temple which stands majestically with religious as well as cultural grandeur. The most impressive architectural feature in this cave temple is its magnificent ‘ Makara Thorana ‘ that dates back to the Polonnaruwa period and a part of it has been renovated by the villagers, as it had been disfigured.
The cave shrine consists of cross-legged, reclining and standing Buddha statues that belong to the Polonnaruwa period. Most of the statues and paintings in this cave temple have been exquisitely renovated several times, and retouching has also been done at later stages.
In 1908, this cave which had been isolated had been rediscovered by the erudite monk called Sri Subethi, who took great care to renovate it and built a devale outside the cave shrine. After Ven. Sri Subethi’s demise, this religious site was abandoned in the midst of overgrowth. As a result this site had become a haven for treasure hunters who destroyed most of the invaluable statues in the cave.
In 1995 the most Ven. Balangoda Ananda Maithreya Mahanayake Thera identified this ancient cave temple as ‘Diwaguhawa’ hidden in the thick jungle of Batatota. During my short stay at the cave I could experience a sense of Buddhist traits in a serene atmosphere.
The most remarkable feature in this cave temple is that drops of water dripping from the ceiling even in dry weather. There is also a water pond in the cave itself and the sun’s rays fall inside the cave from dawn to dusk. In clear weather condition, the Adam’s Peak can be viewed from the cave site.
Apart from the Batatota cave, ‘Streepura’ is another cave situated 200 metres away from the cave site. This cave is believed to be one of the shelters for God Saman’s relative.
There is another belief that the Veddha community is of the view that this cave belongs to their forefathers. Archaeological excavations have found traces of human in-habitation pertaining to pre-Christian era.
Although Batatota cave temple’s original architectural designs are not to be seen at present, the the old Sal trees surrounded by different kinds of vegetation can still be seen with flowers in full bloom.
by by Mahil Wijesinghe
Sunday Observerresponse / report this review -
01 January 2018
Diva Guhawa is a cave temple around 15 km from Ratnapura.About 5 km off from Kuruwita town (10 km towards to Colombo from Ratnapura) on Erathna road, one of the ancient road to Sri Pada, direct to Diva Guhawa. The name literally means heavenly cave. It is said that Lord Buddha rested here after marking his footprint at Sri Pada Mountain (Samanala Kanda) . The huge cave is said to have sheltered him and his 500 disciples. It is supposed to be one of the nine places Buddha had visited during his third visit (Kelaniya) to the Sri Lanka.
response / report this review -
15 December 2017
Historical placein kuruwita erathna rd
response / report this review -
03 November 2017
The sacred place where the Lord Buddha was staying in the daytime
response / report this review -
11 October 2017
This is a secret place that Load Buddha was waiting until go to the Sripada.
response / report this review -
12 May 2017
This is a place includes to solosmasthana sri lanka.
response / report this review -
01 May 2017
This place is considered to be one of the sacred places out of sixteen most sacred places for the sri lankan buddhists. It is believed that Lord buddha has visited this cave with 500 arahants after putting his left footprint mark on top of Sri Pada, a nearby mountain. Lord buddha visited this place on the third visit to Sri Lanka.
response / report this review -
01 May 2017
historically famous place related to Lord Buddha
response / report this review -
19 March 2017
Ancient buddhist cave temple in Kuruwita area.
response / report this review -
23 December 2016
Most Valuable historical place..
response / report this review
