Best Things to Do on a Aluvihare Rock Temple Aluvihare Rock Temple guide — where Buddhist scriptures were first written down, near Matale, with cave shrines and a small ola-leaf manuscript museum.
Traditionally regarded as the site where the Pali Canon was first written down on palm leaves, a landmark moment in Buddhist textual history.
A small on-site museum preserves examples of traditional ola-leaf manuscript writing, a craft still practised by a small number of specialists today.
Several cave shrines are built into the surrounding rock formations, alongside more conventional temple buildings.
The temple is near Matale, alongside the town's spice garden tours.
A short visit through the cave shrines and the small ola-leaf manuscript museum, easily combined with Matale's spice gardens.
