This is the North’s only major Buddhist pilgrimage site. According to legend, the Buddha came to the island in the sixth century BCE to prevent war between a local king and his nephew over ownership of a gem-studded throne. Buddha's solution: give it to the temple instead. The precious chair and original two-millennia-old temple disappeared long ago, but today there is an attractive silver-painted dagoba.
The temple is right at the southern dock, the first stop when coming from Kurikadduwan.
