The old Jaffna Kachcheri Building (Sinhala: යාපනය පැරණි උද්යාන කච්චේරිය; Tamil: பழைய பூங்கா, யாழ்ப்பாணம்) is located in Jaffna Old Park premises near the Secretariat of the Governor of Northern Province in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. The word K…
Jetavanarama Slab Inscription of King Mahasena (Sinhala: මහාසේන රජුගේ ජේතවනාරාම පුවරු ලිපිය) is a fragmentary slab inscription found from the premises of Jetavanaramaya , Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. Discovery The inscription was…
Beddagana Wetland Park (Sinhala: බැද්දගාන තෙත් බිම් උද්යානය) is an urban wetland park situated in Beddagana in Sri Jayawardanapura Kotte, Sri Lanka. The park is maintained by the Urban Development Authority. History The Beddagana Wetland…
Diyasaru Uyana Park , also known as Thalawathugoda Wetland (Sinhala: දියසරු උයන), is an urban wetland park situated in Thalawathugoda in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. The park was formerly known as the Thalawathugoda Bio-diversity Study Park. H…
The National Art Gallery (Sinhala: Jathika Kala Bhavana ) (Sinhala: ජාතික කලා භවන) is located in Cinnamon Gardens in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. The Art Gallery mainly consists of two sections: one is reserved for the permanent collection…
The Council Chamber/Royal Court of Nissankamalla (or Nissankamalla's audience hall (Sinhala: නිශ්ශංකමල්ල රාජ සභාව, පොළොන්නරුව) is located in the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa , Sri Lanka. This monument is considered the best example found in …
The Council Chamber of Parakramabahu the Great (Sinhala: මහාපරාක්රමබාහු රාජ සභාව, පොළොන්නරුව) is located to the east of the Parakramabahu Palace in the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa , Sri Lanka. History A label inscribed on the stone slab …
Kota Vehera , also known as Cuthighara/Suthighara Cetiya (Sinhala: දැදිගම කොට වෙහෙර, සූතිඝර වෙහෙර චෙෙත්යය), is an ancient Stupa located in the village of Dedigama in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. The site can be reached by travelling along the …
Nawagamuwa Pattini Devalaya and Purana Viharaya (or Sri Sugatha Bimbaramaya ) Nawagamuwa Paththini Devalaya(Sinhala: නවගමුව පත්තිනි දේවාලය; Tamil: நவகமுவ பத்தினிக் கோயில்) are located in Nawagamuwa village, Colombo District, Sri Lanka. The site…
Uthuwankanda , also known as Saradiel's rock (Sinhala: උතුවන්කන්ද), is a mountain [430 m (1,410.76 ft. amsl)] located in Mawanella in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. According to locals, Uthuwankanda was the hideout of Sura Saradiel, a bandit wh…
Deshamanya Dr. Sembukutti Arachchilage Roland Silva (1933-2020) (Sinhala: රෝලන්ඩ් සිල්වා) was an eminent archaeologist of Sri Lanka. He was the Commissioner of Archaeology in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 1991 and the founder of Central Cultural Fund.…
Dr. Malini Dias (Sinhala: මාලිනී ඩයස්) is an archaeologist and was the Director of Epigraphy & Numismatics of the Department of Archaeology, Sri Lanka from 1968 to 2004. She is the present vice-president of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lan…
Thivanka Pilimage / Pilima Geya , or Tivanka image house (Sinhala: තිවංක පිළිම ගෙය) is a Gedige (vaulted) type image house located in the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa , Sri Lanka. This image house is famous across the country for its 12th-century…
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