Day-trip from Kandy to 6 historical temples - Off the beaten path

But there is something special about it. This is one of the very few places with original Anuradhapura-period temples.

e shrine room is decorated with murals from the Kandy period.

You can taste a cup of tea and purchase packages of Kandyan tea, if you like.

The village temple called Danthure Rajamaha Viharaya is actually only small and not spectacular. But it can be considered to be the best specimen of a typical type of temple of the Kandyan period, namely a shrine on stilts or more precisely: on stone boulders, protecting the wooden shrine from vermin and humidity.

as the outcome of a vow given prior to a victoriuous battle against the Portuguese in the nearby Danthure. The Vishnu Devale of Dodanwela resembles the more famous one in Kandy.