位于巨石之中的一座石窟寺，佛教巴利文经典于公元前 1 世纪首次在此书写。

概述

阿鲁维哈雷 (Aluvihare) 是一座修道院建筑群，坐落在马特莱镇北部的巨大岩石露头中，通过岩石阶梯可到达一系列洞穴神殿。洞穴里有卧佛雕像和生动的壁画，包括佛教地狱的图形描绘。一座小型博物馆和图书馆让人回想起这座寺庙在保存佛教经典方面所发挥的作用，而棕榈叶手稿的传统在这里也得以延续。

历史

Tradition traces the site to King Devanampiyatissa in the 3rd century BC, but its fame rests on the 1st century BC, when a council of monks wrote down the Buddha's oral teachings, the Tripitaka, on palm leaves for the first time. The temple was damaged during British reprisals after the 1848 Matale Rebellion and has since been restored.