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The Siva Devale No. 1 , also known as Shiva Kovil No. 1 (Sinhala: පොළොන්නරුව ශිව දේවාලය අංක 1), is one of the Siva temples situated in the Anci…

Polonnaruwa Siva Devale No. 2 S iva Devale No. 2 , also known as Shiva Kovil No. 2 (Sinhala: පොළොන්නරුව ශිව දේවාලය අංක 2), is…

Nilavarai Well N ilavarai Well (Sinhala: නිලාවරේ ළිඳ හා පුරාවිද්‍යා නටඹුන්) is an old underground water well located in Navakki…

Gadaladeniya Viharaya , also known as Sri Saddharmathilaka Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: ගඩලාදෙණිය විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Gadal…

The Kadurugoda (or Kandarodai ) Pillar Inscription (Sinhala: කදුරුගොඩ ටැම් ලිපිය) is a fragmentary stone pillar inscription discovered from th…

The Maritime and Naval History Museum (Sinhala: ත්‍රිකුණාමලය සමුද්‍ර හා නාවික ඉතිහාස කෞතුකාගාරය) is situated in Trincomalee town, Sri Lanka. H…

Sri Sugathanandanarama Purana Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: පහල යාගොඩ ශ්‍රී සුගතනන්දනාරාම පුරාණ විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in the village o…

Not to be confused with Kaballelena Viharaya (Maeliya) The cave temple at Kaballelena Viharaya K aballelena Purana Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhal…

A Tamil slab inscription containing an edict by King Parakramabahu I ( 1123-1186 A.D. ) of Polonnaruwa has been discovered from the island of Naina…

Nagapooshani Amman Temple/ Kovil (Tamil: நயினாதீவு நாகபூசணி அம்மன் கோயில்; Sinhala: නාගපූෂණී අම්මාන් කෝවිල) is a famous Hindu shrine situated on t…

The Archaeological Museum of Kotte , Sri Lanka is one of the Regional Museums Administered by the Department of Archaeology . It is located at Bung…

The Archaeological Museum of Dedigama , (Sinhala: දැදිගම පුරාවිද්‍යා කෞතුකාගාරය) Sri Lanka is one of the Regional Museums Administered by the Depa…

The Archaeological Museum of Jaffna (Tamil: தொல் பொருட்காட்சிச்சாலை, யாழ்ப்பாணம்; Sinhala: යාපනය පුරාවිද්‍යා කෞතුකාගාරය), Sri Lanka is one of the …

Sri Saddharmarama Tempita Viharaya M ahalloluwa Sri Saddharmarama Purana Tempita Viharaya (Sinhala: මහල්ලොලුව ශ්‍රී සද්ධර්මාරාම පුරාණ ටැම්පිට…

Siri Perakumba Pirivena , also known as Siri Perakumba Piriven Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: කෝට්ටේ පැරකුම්බා පිරිවෙණ), is a Buddhist temple situated in…

The Mayura Pirivena is a ruined building situated to the southwest of Sri Maha Bodhiya in the ancient city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. History…