Dambul

Dambul (dämbOOl') [key]or Dambulla (dämbool'u) [key], village, central Sri Lanka. It has notable cave temples of the 1st cent. B.C. and is a place of Buddhist pilgrimage. There is a recumbent Buddha figure 47 ft (14 m) long.

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