On the Badulla highway, Dowa, Sri Lanka

Buddha statue at Dowa - Badulla -Sri Lanka.

By the side of the Badulla - Bandarawela road bordering a stream, this figure is sculpted on a rock face. There is a tradition that this was sculpted in a single day by a master craftsman (Yodhaya). This is one of the many places associated with King Valagambahu.

Click on the web-link below to see a video clip of the road from Badulla to Bandarawela:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI3liTenggc