Not to be confused with Kiri Vehera, Polonnaruwa & Kiri Vehera, Kataragama Lahugala Kiri Vehera , also known as Kirivehera Viharaya (Sinhala: ලාහුගල කිරි වෙහෙර), is an ancient Buddhist temple located in the village of Lahugala in Ampara Di…
Pilikuththuwa Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: පිළිකුත්තුව රජ මහා විහාරය) is a cave temple located in Pilikuttuwa village near Yakkala town in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. The site can be reached by travelling along the Yakkala - Radawana road about …
Nissanka Latha Mandapaya (lit: Nissanka Flower-trail hall ; Sinhala: නිශ්ශංකලතා මණ්ඩපය) Nissankalata Mandapa is a pillared pavilion located in the Sacred Quadrangle of the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa , Sri Lanka. History According to seve…
Veramune Sri Sundararama Viharaya , popularly known as Meddepola Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: වේරමුණේ ශ්රී සුන්දරාරාම විහාරය, මැද්දේපොල විහාරය) is an ancient Buddhist temple located in Meddepola village in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. The…
Koskandawala Raja Maha Viharaya , also known as Koskandawala Sri Sunandarama Piriven Viharaya (Sinhala: කොස්කඳවල ශ්රී සුනන්දාරාම පිරිවෙන් රජ මහා විහාරය), is a Buddhist temple located in the village of Koskandawala in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka.…
Ata Seta Len (the Sixty-eight caves ) (Sinhala: මිහින්තලය අටසැටලෙන්) is a cave complex located in the ancient Buddhist monastery Mihintale in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. History The chronicle Mahavamsa states that King Devanampiya…
Nelligala International Buddhist Center (Sinhala: නෙල්ලිගල ජාත්යන්තර බෞද්ධ මධ්යස්ථානය) or Nelligala Viharaya is a modern Buddhist temple in Muruthalawa village in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. Established at the summit of the Nelligala mountain […
Kotagama Tamil Slab Inscription (Tamil: கோட்டகமைக் கல்வெட்டு; Sinhala: කොටගම දෙමළ සෙල්ලිපිය) is one of the Tamil inscriptions in Sri Lanka . It is now exhibited in the Stone Gallery of the National Museum of Colombo . This inscription is conside…
Bambarakele Sri Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: බඹරකැලේ ශ්රී මහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple located in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. The site can be reached by traveling along the Nuwara Eliya - Kandy road about 2 km distance from the Nuwara Eliya main bus…
Delgamuwa Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: දෙල්ගමුව රජ මහා විහාරය) is a historic Buddhist temple located in the village of Delgamuwa in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. This temple has obtained a special place in Sri Lankan history as it provided prote…
Balapokuna Raja Maha Viharaya is a Buddhist temple located in Pamankada in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. Pond Balapokuna is a small natural pond located in the premises of Balapokuna temple. According to the historical sources, the his…
Not to be confused with Pigeon Island (Matara) Pigeon Island National Park (Sinhala: ත්රිකුණාමළය පරවි දූපත ජාතික උද්යානය) is one of the three marine national parks in Sri Lanka (Perera & Kotagama, 2016). The island is located about 2.2 km…
Dambadeniya Sri Vijayasundararama Viharaya (or Dambadeniya Vijayasundararamaya ) is a Buddhist temple located in the ancient city of Dambadeniya in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. The site can be reached by travelling along the Giriulla-Narammala…
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