The Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu (Sinhala: මඩු දේවස්ථානය; Tamil: மடு மரியாள் ஆலயம்) is a Roman Catholic shrine situated in Maradamadu in Mannar District, Sri Lanka. The site is considered one of the holiest Catholic shrines in the country (Hyndman,…
Abhayagiriya Main Alms-Hall or The Main Refectory of Abhayagiriya (Sinhala: අභයගිරිය ප්‍රධාන දාන ශාලාව, බත් ගේ) is a ruined building located in the ancient monastery premises of Abhayagiriya in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. It was the place…
Saint Stephen's Church (Sinhala: ශාන්ත ස්ටෙෆාන් දේවස්ථානය) is an Anglican church situated in Negombo in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. It has been built on the top of a hill by the side of the Negombo Lagoon. History Following the collapse of t…
A stone seat carved in the shape of a lotus flower with its stalk (a flower altar) is currently preserved in Colombo National Museum , Sri Lanka. It was discovered from somewhere in Anuradhapura District and later brought to the present location fo…
The high-grade basement of Sri Lanka is composed of several iron ore deposits (Cooray, 1984) (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ යකඩ නිධි) . These can be grouped as; i) magnetite deposits, ii) copper-magnetite deposits, and hydrated iron oxide deposits (Cooray…
Abhayagiriya Pillar Inscription of King Kassapa IV (Sinhala: සිව්වන කාශ්‍යප රජුගේ අභයගිරිය ටැම් ලිපිය) is presently on the display at the Inscription Gallery of Colombo National Museum , Sri Lanka. Discovery The inscription is said to have been …
Nallur Kandaswamy Temple (Tamil: நல்லூர் கந்தசுவாமி கோவில்; Sinhala: නල්ලූර් කන්දසාමි කෝවිල, ස්කන්ධ කුමාර කෝවිල) is a Hindu Kovil situated in Nallur in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. It is dedicated to Lord Murugan (or God Kataragama), the War Go…
A slab inscription popularly known as Welmilla Slab Inscription of King Sena III (Sinhala: තුන්වන සේන රජුගේ වැල්මිල්ල පුවරු ලිපිය) is presently on the display at the Inscription Gallery of Colombo National Museum , Sri Lanka. Discovery The slab …
Ekgaloya Wewa (Sinhala: එක්ගල්ඔය ජලාශය හා පුරාවිද්‍යා නටඹුන්) is a reservoir situated east of Senanayaka Samudraya in Ampara District, Sri Lanka. History The present reservoir was constructed by the Gal Oya Development Board in 1955-1957 (A…
Molligoda Copper Plate Charter (Sinhala: මොල්ලිගොඩ තඹ ප්‍රධානය) is a copper plate grant issued by the last king of Sri Lanka, Sri Vikrama Rajasingha ( 1798 -1815 A.D.). The plate is presently on the display at the National Museum of Kandy . It …
Negombo Fort (Sinhala: මීගමුව බලකොටුව; Tamil: நீர்கொழும்புக் கோட்டை) is an old fort situated in Negombo in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. History The fort was built by the Portuguese to defend Colombo (Mandawala, 2012). It was captured and de…
Batticaloa Fort (Sinhala: මඩකලපුව බලකොටුව; Tamil: மட்டக்களப்புக் கோட்டை) is an old fort situated in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. History The history of the Batticaloa Fort runs back to the 17th century. Built by the Portuguese in 1628, the fort w…
A colossal stone statue called as Pothgul Vihara Statue , also known as the Statue of Parakramabahu I , the Statue of Pulasti (Sinhala: පොත්ගුල් වෙහෙර ප්‍රථිමාව, පොළොන්නරුව පරාක්‍රමබාහු ප්‍රථිමාව, පොළොන්නරුව පුලස්ථි ප්‍රථිමාව). is located nea…
Asokaramaya , also referred to as Pankuliya Archaeological Site (Sinhala: පන්කුලිය අසෝකාරාමය), is a ruined Buddhist monastery situated in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. The site is famous for its seated Buddha statue popularly known as Pankul…
Medirigiriya (Sinhala: මැදිරිගිරිය වටදාගේ සහ පුරාවිද්‍යා නටඹුන්) is a ruined Buddhist monastery located in Medirigiriya village in Polonnaruwa District, Sri Lanka. The site is famous among visitors due to its magnificent circular relic house popu…
Vijayarama (Sinhala: විජයාරාම නටඹුන්) is a ruined Buddhist monastery site situated in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. History Vijayarama is considered a monastery that had connections to Mahayana Buddhism (Jayasuriya, 2016; Prematilleke &…
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