UNESCO Director General Urged The Risk Faced By Cave Temple In Dambulla Of Being Struck Off From World Heritage Sites List

The visiting UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova has urged  the local authorities yesterday (18) that the centuries old cave temple,Rangiri Dambulu Temple in Dambulla (Central Province)is at risk of being struck off from the list of world heritage sites due to it's poor maintenance.

The director general of UNESCO who ended up her four day visit to Sri Lanka has stated that Sri Lankan government is bound by an international treaty obligations to protect the caved temple which is known as Golden Temple in Dambulla and home to 2000 year old murals and 157 Buddhist statues.

The UNESCO director general has expressed fears that the cave temple could be s trucked off from the prestigious world heritage list unless immediate corrective action could be taken to preserve it's frescoes and remove the new construction added by the resident monks of the temple.