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 Ancient City of Polonnaruwa , Sri Lanka. History The Anuradhapura Kingdom of Sri Lanka was invade…
The Siva Devale No. 2 , also known as Shiva Kovil No. 2 (Sinhala: පොළොන්නරුව ශිව දේවාලය අංක 2), is one of the Siva temples situated in the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa , Sri Lanka. History The Anuradhapura Kingdom of Sri Lanka was invad…
The Nilavarai Well (Sinhala: නිලාවරේ ළිඳ හා පුරාවිද්යා නටඹුන්) is an old underground water well located in Navakkiri village in Puttur in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. This ancient well which has been identified as an archaeological monument is a…
Gadaladeniya Viharaya , also known as Sri Saddharmathilaka Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: ගඩලාදෙණිය විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Gadaladeniya village in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. History The history of the Gadaladeniya temple …
The Kadurugoda (or Kandarodai ) Pillar Inscription (Sinhala: කදුරුගොඩ ටැම් ලිපිය) is a fragmentary stone pillar inscription discovered from the archaeological reserve at Kadurugoda in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. Discovery The pillar wa…
The Maritime and Naval History Museum (Sinhala: ත්රිකුණාමලය සමුද්ර හා නාවික ඉතිහාස කෞතුකාගාරය) is situated in Trincomalee town, Sri Lanka. History The museum has been established in a 17th-century A.D. old building used as the official r…
Sri Sugathanandanarama Purana Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: පහල යාගොඩ ශ්රී සුගතනන්දනාරාම පුරාණ විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in the village of Pahala Yagoda in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. Image house The image house is the main at…
Kaballelena Purana Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: වැල්ලාගල කබල්ලෑලෙන පුරාණ විහාරය) is a Buddhist cave temple situated in the village of Wellagala in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. Folklore Locals connect the history of this temple with King …
A Tamil slab inscription containing an edict by King Parakramabahu I ( 1123-1186 A.D. ) of Polonnaruwa has been discovered from the island of Nainativu (present Nagadeepa/Nagadipa) in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka (Sinhala: පරාක්රමබාහු රජුගේ නයිනත…
Nagapooshani Amman Temple/ Kovil (Tamil: நயினாதீவு நாகபூசணி அம்மன் கோயில்; Sinhala: නාගපූෂණී අම්මාන් කෝවිල) is a famous Hindu shrine situated on the island of Nainativu (or Nagadeepa/ Nagadipa) in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. The temple is dedicat…
The Archaeological Museum of Kotte , Sri Lanka is one of the Regional Museums Administered by the Department of Archaeology . It is located at Bungalow Junction at a distance of 5 km from the Borella bus stop. The museum contains artefacts mainly …
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