Bellelina Cave is located in western Sri Lanka, 8 kilometers from the city of Kitulgala. It is a large and well-known cave that is believed to date back to 32,000 years. In it, the Sri Lankan paleontologist Paul Deraniyagala discovered the skeletons of ten individuals whose remains were attributed to the "Balanguda Man"; The prehistoric ancestor of the indigenous people of Sri Lanka who are said to have lived at high altitudes of nearly 600 meters above sea level, and many culturally significant artifacts such as bone tools, stone tools and fire evidence have been discovered.