Miriswatta

Gampaha, Western

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A junction on the Colombo-Kandy road in Miriswatte, Gampaha District, on the Gampaha-Wathurugama road, 3.8 km from Pilikuththuwa Raja Maha ViharaApprox. location
Weliweriya, Yakkala, GampahaNearby major areas

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About the neighbourhood

  • Junction on the Gampaha-Wathurugama road
  • Pilikuththuwa Raja Maha Vihara is 3.8 km away
  • Pilikuththuwa has about 99 drip-ledged rock caves, 78 identified
  • Cluster of ancient cave temples: Maligatenna, Uruwala, Warana, Koskandawala
  • Maligatenna Raja Maha Vihara is 1.6 km from Pilikuththuwa

Miriswatta is a locality in Gampaha District, Western Province, centred on a junction on the Colombo-Kandy road and the Gampaha-Wathurugama road. It is a reference point for a cluster of ancient rock-cave temples, including Pilikuththuwa, Maligatenna, Uruwala, Warana and Koskandawala, said to have formed one major complex in the early Anuradhapura period. Pilikuththuwa Raja Maha Vihara, 3.8 km away, has drip-ledged caves and pre-Brahmi inscriptions.

Header photo: L Manju, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Cave temple beneath a rock overhang at Pilikuththuwa Raja Maha Vihara, near Miriswatta
Cave temple beneath a rock overhang at Pilikuththuwa Raja Maha Vihara, near MiriswattaPhoto: L Manju, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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What is Miriswatta known for?

Miriswatta is known as a junction near a cluster of ancient rock-cave temples including Pilikuththuwa, Maligatenna, Uruwala, Warana and Koskandawala. Pilikuththuwa Raja Maha Vihara, 3.8 km from the junction, has around 99 drip-ledged caves and 3rd-century inscriptions.

Is Miriswatta close to Colombo?

Miriswatta is in Gampaha District, on the Colombo-Kandy road and the Gampaha-Wathurugama road. The sources read give no road distance to Colombo.

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