Sights on the road from Sithulpawwa to Katharagama, Sri Lanka.

A pea-cocks head.

The winding dusty road.

The distant mountains.

A wild-boar eating a bun thrown by passers by.

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Sights, Sithulpawwa, Sri Lanka.

Pillars made out of granite from ancient days.

Ducks at the monastery.

A view of the Chaithy from below.

Bougainvilla in bloom at the parking area.

'Dhandu Lena' S, 'Mara Anil' T, Sithulpawwa, Sri Lanka.

Larger than the common garden squirrel, this cuts an impressive figure and is relatively a rare sight in present Sri Lanka.

Sithulpawwa, Sri Lanka.

The Pilgrims rest.

The stupa on the rock.

Some boulders near the entrance to the site.

The entrance to the site. Note the iron girders fencing the area to prevent wild elephants entering the area.

We took a night out at the 'Sirimavo Bandaranaike Pilgrims rest' at Sithulpawwa to see the famous shrine. Microlithic tools used by Homo sapiens has been found nearby and dated about 120,000 years from the present era. Sithulpawwa itself has existed as a human habitation 2200 years before the present era.

Sithulpawwa, Sri Lanka.

The rocky terrain of 'Sithulpawwa' in the south of Sri Lanka, where a Buddhist Monastery was formed around the First Century of the Present Era.

Statues and stylized footprints, Sithulpawwa, Sri Lanka.

Rock edict, Sithulpawwa, Sri Lanka.

 A water reservoir (tank) and a 'rock edict' - 'sel-lipi', recording a donation to the Sangha, at Sithulpawwa, Sri Lanka.