When the history is not recorded in words but as the residuals, where remaining hiding in plain sight but showcase a proudness of many generations they are called ruins. Such ruins are being unearthed through archaeology, the place is known as an archaeological site. Sri Lanka is a treasure trove of such destinations including the Alawala Caves where ruins of proud generations remains and being unearthed. Standing proudly in the Attanagalla Region of Gampaha district the Alawala Caves is a place predominantly a cave temple famously known as Alawala Raja Maha Viharaya. The caves are a treasure trove of proof of pre historical technologies indicating in their skeletons of the potshards, human bones, bone tools, seeds and many of archaeologically invaluable ruins. The postgraduate Institute of Archaeology of the University of Kelaniya had been excavating in the Alawala Portugal Len Raja Maha Viharaya.
Uniqueness
* The caves that have been open to the public
* Prehistoric ruins and proof of ancient civilization.