Udawatta Kele is on a hill ridge stretching between the Temple of the Tooth and the Uplands-Aruppola suburbs.
The sanctuary contains three Buddhist forest monasteries, i.e., Forest Hermitage, Senanayakaramaya and Tapovanaya, and three cave dwellings for Buddhist monks, i.e., Cittavisuddhi-lena, Maitri-lena and Senkadandagala-lena.