Built by King Kavantissa, the temple includes a stupa and a huge standing Buddha statue. It is often visited by devotees who are on pilgrimage to Kataragama.
One must take the paved staircase that has been carved into the rock to get to the top of the mountain where the temple is located. Once you reach the top of the stairways, there is a path on the side that leads to the standing Buddha Statue. Upon arriving at the temple, at the entrance there is a shrine room and the stupa is centred on the uppermost position of the area. You will note a stone inscription that reveals that there was a king called ‘Naga’ who had converted to Buddhism at this temple.