{"id":3676,"date":"2017-08-10T12:53:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T10:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/?p=3676"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:52:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:52:57","slug":"dambulla-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/de\/dambulla-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Dambulla &#8211; Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3676\" class=\"elementor elementor-3676 elementor-8533\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e94b71 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8e94b71\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76724656 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"76724656\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/spotlight-banner_Header_Buddah.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8081\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/spotlight-banner_Header_Buddah.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/spotlight-banner_Header_Buddah-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/spotlight-banner_Header_Buddah-1024x363.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/spotlight-banner_Header_Buddah-768x272.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alex-gerrard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/spotlight-banner_Header_Buddah-1536x544.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-717737a4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"717737a4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f4139d9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7f4139d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-739912b elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"739912b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dambulla &#8211; Sri Lanka<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3543d451 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"3543d451\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-3e65102 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>10. August 2017<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-f8612a1 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__item-prefix\">Kategorie:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Travel<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e45e3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e45e3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><em>&#8222;Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Auf unserer Reise von Negombo nach Sigiriya haben wir das Elefantenwaisenhaus in Pinnawela besucht (siehe Bericht) und sind weiter nach Dambulla gefahren. Die Stadt befindet sich in der <a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zentralprovinz_%28Sri_Lanka%29\"><span class=\"s1\">Zentralprovinz<\/span><\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\"><span class=\"s1\">Sri Lanka<\/span><\/a>, 148 km nord\u00f6stlich von <a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colombo\"><span class=\"s1\">Colombo<\/span><\/a> und 72 km n\u00f6rdlich von <a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kandy\"><span class=\"s1\">Kandy<\/span><\/a>. Sie hat etwa 65.000 Einwohner. (Quelle: Wikipedia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Dambulla ist bekannt f\u00fcr seine sch\u00f6nen H\u00f6hlentempel und z\u00e4hlt seit 1991 zum Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO. Von unserem Fahrer Newton werden wir am Fu\u00dfe von zahlreichen Treppenstufen hinausgelassen. Nach ca. 15 Minuten und zahlreicher \u00c4ffchenbekanntschaften erreichen wir den Eingang zum H\u00f6hlentempel. Insgesamt gibt es 5 H\u00f6hlen, die sich in einem 160 Meter hohen Granitfelsen befinden. Am Eingang m\u00fcssen wir unser Schuhe ausziehen, die f\u00fcr 25 Rupies (LKR) pro Person bewacht werden. Wir bewundern die ber\u00fchmten Malereien an den W\u00e4nden und an der Decke und sind beeindruckt von den insgesamt 56 Buddha-Statuen. 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