卡鲁恒河桥旁有一座闪闪发光的白色空心佛塔，是世界上极少数可以走进去的佛教佛塔之一。

概述

卡卢特勒柴蒂亚 (Kalutara Chaitya) 矗立在城镇入口处的卡卢恒河 (Kalu Ganga) 旁，是南部海岸旅游者不可错过的地标。它是世界上为数不多的空心佛塔之一：游客可以步入巨大的白色圆顶，其内部环绕着 74 幅描绘佛陀一生和本生故事场景的壁画。毗邻的甘加提拉卡精​​舍 (Gangatilaka Vihara) 寺庙建筑群和神圣的菩提树吸引了源源不断的朝圣者，其中许多人在过桥时投下贡品。

历史

The site was originally occupied by an earlier temple and later a colonial fort built successively by the Portuguese, Dutch and British to guard the river mouth. The present great chaitya was begun in the 1960s and completed in 1980, built as a hollow dome enclosing a smaller inner stupa. The sacred Bodhi tree here is traditionally believed to date back many centuries.