The tallest point of a rocky outcrop measuring around 385 acres (1.15 km2) inside Yala Wildlife Park is called Elephant Rock (Ethgalpawwa).

The Elephant Rock is so named because, when viewed from above Buthawa Wewa, it perfectly depicts the silhouette of a standing elephant. The destroyed Akasa Chetiya stupa on top of this enormous rock can be seen from the same point against the sky.

On a lower outcrop next to the elephant rock, you can make out the trace of another stupa from this former monastic complex. Due to its isolation, this archaeological site has not received much attention, but the ruins in Yala that have been researched have been dated to between the second and third centuries.

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