Kurulangala Rock Art
Kurullangala is a rocky outcrop in the Karandagolla area belonging to the Ella Divisional Secretariat. At the seemingly difficult to reach top of this rocky mountain consists a wall of cave art in a style never observed anywhere in the country. Almost perfectly proportioned line drawings of huge birds, peacocks, humans and other unidentifiable rock art which some believe to be over 5000 years old.
It is currently claimed to be the largest collection of rock art found in Sri Lanka to date, covering a surface area of about 1.3 metres by 0.48 metres.
The drawings has been spread over a large area of the rock surface and some drawings are drawn so high up on rock which are almost impossible to reach. But most of the drawings has faded due to being directly exposed to elements of nature for thousands of years. In some area the painted layer of rock seems to have broken away at some time in the past.
Særlige steder i Badulla
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Muthiyangana Raja Maha ViharayaMuthiyanganaya Raja Maha Viharaya ligger i centrum af byen Badulla. Tempelets historie går tilbage til Buddhas tid, men området omkring Badulla går helt tilbage til tiden i det 19.-18. århundrede f.Kr.
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Dowa Raja Maha ViharayaDowa Raja Maha Viharaya (Dowa Cape-templet) ligger få kilometer fra byen Bandarawela på vejen mellem Bandarawela og Badulla. Dette tempel menes at være bygget af kong Walagamba i det første århundrede f.Kr.
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Bogoda træbroBogoda-træbroen blev bygget i det 16. århundrede under Dambadeniya-æraen. Det siges at være den ældste overlevende træbro i Sri Lanka. Broen ligger 7 kilometer vest for Badulla.
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Dunhinda FallsDunhinda Falls ligger omkring 5 km fra byen Badulla. Det er 63 meter højt og betragtes som et af de smukkeste vandfald i Sri Lanka. Vandfaldet har fået sit navn fra de røgfyldte dugdråber, der sprøjter.
