Dambulla cave temple

UNESCO World Heritage Site in Matale District, Sri Lanka
Organization buddhist_temple Q45690
Dambulla cave temple
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Dambulla cave temple

Summary

Dambulla cave temple is a Buddhist temple[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dambulla cave temple is located in Matale District[3].
  • Dambulla cave temple is in the country of Sri Lanka[4].
  • Dambulla cave temple's image is recorded as Dhambulla Cave Interior.JPG[5].
  • Dambulla cave temple's image is recorded as Dambulla-temple daurat1.jpg[6].
  • Dambulla cave temple's instance of is recorded as Buddhist temple[7].
  • Dambulla cave temple's Commons category is recorded as Dambulla cave temple[8].
  • Dambulla cave temple's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q5885 (tam)-Sriveenkat-தம்புள்ளை பொற்கோவில்.wav[9].
  • Dambulla cave temple's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 7.856563, 'lon': 80.6483403}[10].
  • Dambulla cave temple's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 7.85666667, 'lon': 80.64916667}[11].
  • Dambulla cave temple's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f84x8[12].
  • Dambulla cave temple's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 561[13].
  • Dambulla cave temple's Commons gallery is recorded as Dambulla cave temple[14].
  • Dambulla cave temple's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Dambulla cave temple's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site[16].
  • Dambulla cave temple's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ta', 'text': 'Tampuḷḷai Poṟkōvil'}[17].
  • Dambulla cave temple's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (i)[18].
  • Dambulla cave temple's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (vi)[19].
  • Dambulla cave temple's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121_p9md[20].
  • Dambulla cave temple's directions is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Entrance is on Kandy Road'}[21].
  • Dambulla cave temple's Grove Art Online ID is recorded as T021253[22].
  • Dambulla cave temple's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 526679[23].
  • Dambulla cave temple's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 572378[24].

Why It Matters

Dambulla cave temple ranks in the top 2% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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