When he was living in the cave in Bamba, a native “Vedda” hunter called Sitha had come to the king and informed him that there was another cave nearby much larger and suitable for a king. The king visited this cave and seeing it a much larger cave with better protection, had moved to this new cave, and the vedda had been generously rewarded. Finally in 89 BC he fought the Tamil invaders and recaptured the capital and took back the throne of the country. Thereafter the king turned every cave which sheltered him in to cave temples and donated them to Sanga. Today thousands of cave temples all over the country are attributed this king. The cave at Bamba is known as the Bambawa Rajamaha Viharaya and the new larger cave he moved to is today the Dambulla Rajamaha Viharaya