The Rock of Mulkirigala ascends around 676 feet from the encompassing area mass. There are seven give in sanctuaries arranged in five Terraced regions of various heights. They are the Lower Terrace (Patha Maluwa), Bo Tree Terrace ( Bodhi Maluwa). Incredible King's Temple Terrace ( Raja Maha Vihara Maluwa), Upper Bo Tree Terrace (Uda Bodhi Maluwa) and Chetiya Terrace (Chaitya Maluwa). These porches can be gotten to easily through very much cleared rock ways and steps going right upto the Dagoba Terrace.
Arranged in Giruwa Pattu of Hambanthota District of Southern Sri Lanka, Mulkirigala is likewise called as Mulgirigala yet the previous is all the more noticeably utilized at present. There are numerous prior names utilized for this stone sanctuary, for example, 'Samudda Pabbatha", 'Muhunadra Giri', 'Muhudu Giri', 'Giriba Vehera', 'Giriba Lena', 'Dhakkina Giri', 'Dakkina Pabbatha', 'Muwatirigala', 'Mukirigalla' and 'Mulangiriya'.
The Bo tree at the Upper Terrace is considered be a shoot from one of the 32 saplings of Anuradhapura Jaya Sri Maga Bodhi planted at the said patio amid the rein of King Devanam Piyatissa. Mulkirigala sanctuary is likewise viewed as one of the 64 sanctuaries developed by King Kawantissa and was called as 'Muhudu Gira' at that point which goes back to the third Century BC . The Chetiya at Uppermost Terrace is considered to house Lord Buddha relics offered by the King Saddhatissa. As indicated by Historical compositions, King Mahanaga, King Kawantissa, King Dutugemunu, King Parakramabahu the Great, King Saddhatissa, King Valagamba, King Jetta Tissa I, King Parakramabahu I are credited with development work of the sanctuary amid their rein.
The sanctuaries staying at present has a place with the Kandyan period and the Buddha pictures and many surrender compositions delineates brilliant precedents of Kandyan time expressions and specialties. Mulkirigala Rock Temple is one of only a handful few 'Raja Maha Vihara' or the 'Sanctuaries of the Great Kings' ( of the Kandyan Kingdom) discovered of the then Kandyan Kingdom. Ruler Keerthi Sri Rajasinghe (1747 AD) gave his support to reproduce this sanctuary after it being dismissed for quite a long time since the rein of the Parakramabahu the Great.
The Cave sanctuaries numbering seven comprises of Reclined Buddha , Seated Buddha and Standing Buddha Images, works of art of Buddhas, Arhaths, Gods and Jataka Stories.
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