It is located on Daulagala road approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) away from Pilimatalawa junction and a few kilometres from the buddhist temple, Gadaladeniya Vihara.

The architecture of the temple was designed by a South Indian architect named Sathapati Rayar.

Among the buildings, the image house possesses characteristically outstanding architectural features, embellished with traditional Sinhalese sculptures.

According to the facts recorded in the Lankatilake copper plaque, this image house was constructed as a four-storied mansion with a height of eighty feet, but today only 3 stories can be seen.

The gods: Upulvan; Ganapathi; Saman; Vibhishana, Kataragama deviyo and Kumara Bandara are worshipped here.