BUDURUVAGALA STATUES – at Buduruvagala 2 miles from the Nugeyaya Junction on the Wirawila – Wellawaya road is a group of Mahayana figures sculptured on the face of a rock. The central figure is a Buddha statue in the “Abhaya Mudra”, 51 feet high, flanked on each side by 3 Bodhisatva figures including the Female Tara figure.

To the left of the Buddha are the figures of Avalokitesvara in the center, Bodhisattva Sudanakumara on to the left and Tara on the right of the central figure.

The other 3 figures consist of Maitreya Bodhisattva in the center, Vajrapani or Vajrasattava to the right and Padmapani or Manipadma Bodhisattava to the left.

The figures are in high relief and had earlier been finished with stucco. The figures are dated to 8th century A.D.