Cultural · Arugam Bay · East Coast
A Hermitage on the Rock
Kudumbigala — Near Panama, south of Arugam Bay
THE SUMMIT ROCKPhoto by AntanO on Wikimedia CommonsA short climb up the rock reaches a 2,000-year-old hermitage and a view across the Kumana wetlands to the sea.
An ancient forest monastery near Panama in the southeast, its shrines and caves scattered across a granite outcrop dating to the 2nd century BCE. A short climb up the bare rock reaches a stupa with a wide view over the Kumana wilderness.
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6.6940° N, 81.7583° ECarto · OSM
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