Get down at Melsiripura on the Kurunegala - Dambulla Rd, from there take bus to Pansiyagama. The road to the monastery is in very bad condition and full of potholes, although the distance from Melsiripura is only 14 km it will take more than 45 min to get to the monatery by car. The senior monk is Ven. Na Uyana Ariyadhamma (often in Galduwa). The meditation teacher is Ven. Ariyananda Thera, who speaks good English and has an excellent knowledge of the Pa Auk Samatha and Vipassana methods. An ancient monastery with a few caves and a beautiful forest with many big Ironwood trees. In the forest it is not too hot. There are 50-60 monks at present and there is a strong meditative atmosphere. Well organised, clean and tidy. A new meditation hall and some kuTis are being built on top of one of the hills. The most prominent meditation place in the Galduwa Sansthava. Many foreign bhikkhus, Western as well as Asian, have stayed here, but none have taken the Pabbaja and Upasampada so far here. Nissarana Vanaya is probably a better place to start the monastic life.