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The granite summit rock of the Kudumbigala forest hermitage
THE SUMMIT ROCKPhoto by AntanO on Wikimedia CommonsNear Panama, south of Arugam Bay

CULTURAL · FOREST MONASTERY

A Hermitage on the Rock

Kudumbigala · East Coast

Built

2nd c. BCE

Visit

2-4 hrs

Best

Morning

Region

East Coast

A 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.

2nd c. BCE2-4 hrsMorning
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