A 50m-high seated Buddha figure – the largest in Sri Lanka – is a highlight of this somewhat gaudy temple, which is often thronged with worshippers. Before reaching the Buddha you pass through a hall of horrors full of life-sized models of demons and sinners. The punishments depicted include being dunked in boiling cauldrons, sawn in half and disembowelled.
Be aware that the complex also houses an elephant who appears to be kept chained up almost all of the time.
The temple is 1.5km inland from Dikwella, towards Beliatta.
