Sri Lanka, April 8 -- Under water when it rains and out during the drought - the majestic, ancient temple, the Kadadora Vihara, submerged in the Kotmale reservoir.

Do you know there is a glorious Buddhist temple totally submerged in a reservoir in the hill country of Sri Lanka? This ancient Buddhist temple is known as the Kadadora Vihara or Sri Priyabimbaramaya in Kotmale. Once a magnificent temple, later it was abandoned and ruined after the construction of the Kotmale Dam and reservoir in 1979 as part of the Accelerated Mahaweli Development Program.

When the water level drops, a Buddha statue emerges from the bottom of the reservoirWhen the water level drops, a Buddha statue emerges from the bottom of the reservoir Kadadora has a long...