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Pahiyangala Cave ( Fa-Hien Lena ) – Kalutara

This place is located in the village of Yatagampitiya in Sri Lanka which is also known as Pahiyan Lena. It’s the largest cave on the island and one of the largest natural rock foundations in all of Asia. The cave was also the location of anextraordinary archaeological sighting that excavated human skulls dating back at about 37,000 years. The ruins of one of the regions are oldest primeval humanoid settlements.

As a long distanceway of walking and semi-spirited climb is compulsory to visit the Pahiyangala Cave.When compared to the other historic sites in Sri Lanka, the climb and walkis minimal in this case. It is located at around 40km away from Colombo and this is a nearbylocation and is an easy drive too. When you take the Piliyandala  to Bulathsinghala Road and pass the rice fields and villages,this Cave is reachable from Kalutara and Horana. Then, you’ll find yourself at the unfeeling path that primes up to the Pahiyangala cave’s entrance.

The steps in the track are cemented, but you’d find natural stone steps in between and they must be stepped on carefully as they have pointedends.It can reasonembarrassment if stamped on. The diggings pit is open to guests and if you’re interested, you can pace down the set of steps and into the pit and take anappearance at the digs with your own eyes. Within the cave, you’d discovery an early door that principals you into the bat cave, but actual bats that can hit you in the face when they fly out and so period in with maintenance!

Surrounded by steamy greens, the mammoth cave procedures 200 feet long, with an arrival 175 feet high and 160 feet wide.Itis seated 400 feet above sea level. There are some areas exclusive the cave which are over 400 feet high. As archaeological research, it is unmoving being showed, many of the cave’s natural tunnels have been congested. Aside from explore, the cave is also the homebased of a Buddhist Temple. A local monk used a heavy stone tool to pure the cave arrival and level the ground.

Guests to the cave are reached by the temple’s 40 foot long resting Buddha statue.Outside the cave’s expectedattractiveness, the archaeological treasures within it makes it anamazing piece of the history. In accumulation to the human skulls the Sri Lankan Archaeological Departments found that they also exposed weapons from the same era. These weapons made from animal bones and stones were used to kill deer, monkeys, porcupines, and other animals. Rendering to researcher’ssuggestioninitiate in the cave proposes that these early humans also ate “a few types of edible snails and wild breadfruit.”

Investigators have also exposed that after eating the snails and the cave’s latest populations would empale them to make jewelry.Getting to the cave can be a bit of a struggle with about a 20 minute walk up stone steps without a fence, but it’s a popular spot for school trips and picnickers in Sri Lanka.

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