A Temple With 550 Jathaka Stories in Painting & Murals. Thus is the first biggest Tunnel Temple in Sri Lanka. There is a huge buddha statue. A peaceful and quiet environment.
A large Buddha statue here is painted with very bright colours. There arehundreds of scenes painted to show the Buddha's life. There are threeunderground storeys and there you can see the shrine room in which thewalls are decorated with murals depicting the Buddha's life
One of a special places, peaceful and quiet. Not so many tourists. Beautiful arts of lots of Buddha's lives, before he become Budda. A very nice guide, who speaks russian a little) Here you can feel an inspiration & even spiritual experiences
This is a buddhist temple famous among the local travelers, but recommended for the foreign tourists as you can see lot of modern Sri Lankan frescoes
Weherahena Pooorwaramaya Temple is 9.5 Km from the Southern Expressway exit via Matara town. The iconic sitting statue of Lord Buddha is 10m tall. Traditional stories from Buddhism are painted inside the statue. There's a large paid parking space near by.
One of the biggest temple in Matara area and one of the best place that can make your mind relax and peaceful. When you climb up to the temple you can see the nice view around the tample.
Most famous and historical buddhist temple in sri lanka ..
This is an important place of worship amongst the buddhists around Sri Lanka. If visiting Matara should make a quick stop to admire the ancient arts and the maze like underground tunnels leading to the main Buddha statue which is one of the tallest sitting Buddha statues in the country.
An important religious place in Southern Sri Lanka,which has huge Buddha statue and it is the world's first cave temple.Beautiful place to visit and see.
Weherahena ( Veherahena) is popular temple among the buddhist pilgrims. Although there is nothing of historical significance, the story of the temple is quite interesting. In addition, the temple is said be the largest and the first tunnel temple in the world.
most historical place weherahena temple. matara kekanadura road
A very important religious landmark in the down-south region of the country. Most of pilgrims stop by. A well maintained temple with a huge buddha statue. There is a tunnel with thousands of paintings and statues under the large buddha statue. Parking available for around 100 vehicles. And required amenities there.
Famous as Weherahena temple. There are thousands of paintings in the underground buildings. Some parts of this temple are still under construction.
Well maintained temple with a blissful statue of Loard Buddha
Great temple with large Buddha's statue.millions of paintings are there..
One of the largest Buddha Statue in Sri Lanka. Inside tunnel with beautiful paintings disclosed Buddhas life styles and guidelines ti nibbana. Most devotees come to .
Relaxing
worshiping
getting blessings.
Very beautiful environment too.
Important religious landmark in Matara. There is a network of tunnels underneath decorated with thousands of paintings. Great place for a religious visit.
I love this temple not enough one day to see all the paintings.. underground paintings.museum is best at underground ..
Matara weherahena purwaramaya is situated in the village of weherahena in the district of matara in the southern province in Srilanka. Buddhist as well as non Buddhist live in the world pay homage to this temple and it's very popular among the people in the world.
Big statue of Buddha is attractive
The temple has an underground tunnel like shrine where lot of paintings can be seen. Its a must see construction. The tunnel is around 200m long and the side walls and top are painted illustrating lot of buddhism related incidents and stories.
The Buddha statue is massive in size and you can walk inside of it. You can witness many beautiful drawings of Gautama Buddha and his stories. So when visiting please take your time to read them leisurely. Can easily proceed from Matara town.