Pidurangala Rock is a granite inselberg in central Sri Lanka's Matale District, about one kilometer north of the larger Sigiriya rock formation. Like Sigiriya, it is described as a hardened granite outcrop deriving from the solidified magma plug of a former volcano, rising abruptly from the lowland plains that extend from the island's central mountain range. Its slopes hold the former Buddhist monastery of Pidurangala Vihara, a registered archaeological protected site, including a cave temple said to date to the fifth century reign of King Kashyapa, a monumental reclining Buddha statue and the remains of two stupas.
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Protected StatusNational Park or Reserve 1 Connections
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Pidurangala Rock
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Pidurangala Rock
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1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected Areas: WDPA protected areas at the location of Pidurangala Rock
UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected AreasWDPA feature: SigiriyaQuote, WDPA feature: Sigiriya
"desig_eng": "Sanctuary"
Wikidata: Pidurangala Rock
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