I-Dambulla, le yinkimbinkimbi yethempeli likaBuddha yemihume emihlanu etholakala esiqongweni sentaba, eyasungulwa ngekhulu lesibili BC. Lesi ngesinye sezindawo ezihlonishwa kakhulu phakathi kwamaBuddha emhlabeni jikelele. Imihume yayinikelwa ngesikhathi esifanelekile nge-mobs yinkosi yaseVavakamba iqiniso lokuthi phakathi nenye yezimpi eziningi zothando ngaleso sikhathi wamvikela futhi waphila kuzo ezinezindela zazo zonke 14 iminyaka. Emva kwalokho, kwaqedwa isakhiwo, sandiswa sandiswa futhi sahlotshiswa ngezithombe nama-frescoes amaningi. Izigaba eziyinhloko zokwakha zabhalwa eminyakeni eyi-12 nele-17 yesikhathi sethu
Kuse-Dambulla ukuthi iqoqo elikhulu kunawo wonke amaBuddhas litholakala. Isifanekiso sobunkulunkulu sincipha ophahleni lwesigodlo sezindela esisebenzayo esinyathelweni sentaba, sihlangana nabahambi kanye nezivakashi, okumangazayo ubukhulu bawo nobukhulu bawo.
Kepha into esemqoka akuyona indawo yezindela, kodwa imihume uqobo. Kunabahlanu babo kuleli sizi, futhi oMkhulu wabo bakudala kunabo banegama elithi Devarajalin futhi nguyena ongumdala kakhulu onemibukiso emidala. Emhumeni kukhona imidwebo yemitha emine yeBuddha uqobo, eduze kwemilenze yayo ihlala umfundi wayo othembekile kakhulu futhi onikele. Eduze kwekhanda likaNkulunkulu elihlala uNkulunkulu uVishnu, obhekwa njengomvikeli waseDmanani. Isonto lakhe le-chapel, ahlangana ngqo emhumeni. Uma siqhubeka kusuka kulwazi oluvela ezibhebheni, ukudalwa kwalezi zikhumbuzo kukhulunywa ngekhulu lokuqala BC, kepha abacwaningi abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi badalwa ngesikhathi esizayo.
Iminyaka yoMhume wesibili - IMaharajalena nayo yabhalwa ngekhulu lokuqala futhi lokhu kuyinto enkulu kunazo zonke futhi ehlaba umxhwele kunazo zonke. Izindonga nophahla zimbozwe ngezinhlobonhlobo zama-frescoes ngencazelo yezigaba zempilo yempilo kaNkulunkulu ebalulekile kubo bonke abakholwayo, kanye nokuchazwa kwezikhathi zomlando eziphambili zokwakhiwa kwe-SRI Lanka Kumephu yomhlaba. Ngasodongeni futhi ezungeze i-stupa, emi phakathi nendawo, ahlezi, aqambe amanga, aqamba amanga kaBuddha nabanye onkulunkulu abahlukahlukene ngoGranite, udaka nokhuni.
UMaha Alut VIHARAYA. Okwesibili ngosayizi, kepha ngesicelo sokuvela kokwesithathu kuvulwa okubili okuvuliwe kokungena kokungena kokwelashwa. Ethempelini ngokwalo kunezithombe ezingama-56, kufaka phakathi amamitha ayi-9 alele uBuddha. Uphahla luhlukile. Kubangela isithombe samaBuddha ayi-1000 esimweni sokuzindla.
Ababili abasele baphansi kakhulu ngosayizi wokuqala, kepha akwazi ukuthi abaheheli nakancane.
Imininingwane ethile esebenzayo. Ukufika eDambulla akunzima kangako. Indawo itholakala cishe ngamakhilomitha angama-200 ukusuka enhlokodolobha yaseSri Lanka ngebhasi. Isikhathi sendlela sizoba cishe amahora ama-4, amabhasi ahamba nsuku zonke.
EDamble uqobo ungahlala emahhotela, atholakala ngaphansi kwezinyawo zentaba. Amahhotela kancane, kepha cishe akhona izindawo njalo. Izindleko zokuphila ehhotela elinezinkanyezi ezi-3 zizobiza cishe ama-ruble angama-3,000 ngosuku.
Lapho uvakashela isayiti lethempeli, kunekhodi yokugqoka elukhuni ngokwanele. Ungadluleli izivakashi ngamadolo anqunu namahlombe. Ngakho-ke kukhona izikhindi ezingcono nama-T-shirts avulekile egumbini.
Ukuvakashela amathempeli kukhokhwa, futhi amathikithi abiza kakhulu. Kusukela ngo-2011, izindleko zazicishe zilingane nama-ruble angama-850.
Futhi ekugcineni. Emzungeze emihumeni yegolide kaBuddha, inani elikhulu le-macaque, elingeyesabi abantu, bathambisa kakhulu futhi bebengesabi umusi omncane.