Padavigampola - Sri Lanka's only huge megalithic monument

Padavigampola, not far from the popular tourist hub Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage, is Sri Lanka’s most important megalithic monument. The typical trilith architecture is known from many parts of the world, though there were direct interconnections only with South India during this prehistoric period. Local legends attribute the impressive meggalithic monument to mythical giants and a Buddhist saint.