A  long  time   ago  a   king  called  dhatusena  ruled  in Anuradapura,  He  had  two  sons  named  moggalana  and  kasyapa .  kasyapa  was  younger  than  moggalana  but  he  wanted  to  become  king  first,  so  he  killed  his  father  and  became  king.  So kayapa ran a way from anuradhapura and built a beautiful palae on top of a rock so that nobody could catch him and kill him. This rosk was called sigiriya. He built many beautiul byildings on sigiriwa and painted beautiful pictures on te sides of the rock. Even now we can see some of these pctures and some ruins of the buildings.