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Golden Temple of Dambulla also known as Dambulla cave temple is a World Heritage Site in Sri Lanka, situated 148 km east of Colombo and 72 km north of Kandy. It is a temple built into five caves under overhanging rock, containing paintings, statues and wall paintings. As per historical records, statues of the Buddha were created in Dambulla over 2000 years ago, and over the centuries subsequent kings added to and embellished the cave art. This process of retouching original and creating new artwork continued into the 20th century. The site is said to have been a place of worship since the 1st century BC. One of the attractions found in one of the five caves is a mini dagoba and a spring which drips its water from a crack in the ceiling, into a huge metal pot which never overflows. Most possibly excess water is being controlled by an underground channel below the rock floor on which the pot is fixed. Or it could simply be, that the water evaporates at such a rapid rate in the dry zone, there is no chance of overflow at all. Perhaps it cannot be explained.