Mahamaya Girls' College (Sinhala: මහාමායා බාලිකා විද්යාලය, මහනුවර; Tamil: கண்டி மகமாயா பெண்கள் கல்லூரி) is a government girls' school situated in Kandy, Sri Lanka. History The establishment of Mahamaya College as the first Buddhist sch…
Katukele Pillaiyar Kovil (Sinhala: කටුකැලේ පුල්ලෙයාර් කෝවිල; Tamil: கட்டுக்கலை பிள்ளையார் கோவில்) is a Hindu shrine situated near Kandy Police Station in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. It is dedicated to God Ganesha, one of the most venerated deities …
Sivali Central College (Sinhala: සීවලී මධ්ය විද්යාලය, රත්නපුර) Seevali Central College is a government mixed school situated in Hidellana in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. It is considered the first Central College in the district. History Th…
Beligala (Sinhala: බෙලිගල) is a small mountain with the ruins of an ancient fortress situated in Beligala village near Beligala Raja Maha Viharaya in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. History As mentioned in the chronicles, King Vijayabahu III (123…
Alawatura Ganegoda Viharaya Alawathura Ganegoda Temple (Sinhala: අලවතුර ගණේගොඩ විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Alawathura village in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. It is the only rock-cut Buddhist temple found in the district. History D…
Madulsima Madolsima (Sinhala: මඩොල්සිම) is a mountainous village situated in Badulla District of Sri Lanka. The area is popular among tourists for hiking and camping and the Madulsima Mini World’s End (1,355 m (4445.538 ft. amsl)] is one of th…
Umandawa Global Buddhist Village or Umandawa Maha Vihara Monastery (Sinhala: උමංදාව මහා විහාර අසපුව, උමංදාව බෞද්ධ විශ්ව ගම්මානය) is a modern religious place in Madahapola village near Malsiripura town in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. It is m…
Diyasen Paya Diyasenpaya(Sinhala: දියසෙන්පාය) is an ancient Uposathagara (a chapter house) located in the premises of the Monastery of Jetavanarama in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. History This is believed to be the chapter house built by King…
Not to be confused with Batatota Lena Batadomba Lena Cave Batadombalena (Sinhala: බටදොඹ ලෙන) is a prehistoric rock shelter situated in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. It preserves evidence for the presence of H. sapiens foragers in the rain fo…
Kekuna Ella Falls (Sinhala: කැකුණ ඇල්ල) is a waterfall situated in Sinharaja Forest Reserve near the border of Galle-Matara Districts, Sri Lanka. The site can be reached via the Sinharaja Pitadeniya entrance. The fall is 10 m tall and originates …
Malwathu Oya Malvathu River (Sinhala: මල්වතු ඔය; Tamil: அருவி ஆறு) (Tamil: Aruvi Aru) is a river in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka. The river originates from Ritigala Hills (766 m MSL) in the North Central Province and after travelling about 162 km, …
Hiriwadunna Viharaya Hirivadunna Viharaya , also known as Hiriwadunna Sri Bodhiraja Aranya Senasanaya (Sinhala: හිරිවඩුන්න විහාරය), is Buddhist temple situated in Hiriwadunna village in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. Several ruins of ancient …
Located in the southwestern part of Sri Lanka, Sinharaja Forest Reserve (Sinhala: සිංහරාජ වනාන්තරය; Tamil: சிங்கராஜக் காடு) is the country's last viable area of the primary tropical rain forest. Presently, UNESCO has declared it as one of the …
Kathaluwa Walawwa Kataluwa Walawwa , also known as Atadahewatta Walawwa or Atadagewatta Walawwa or Kataluwa Maha Walawwa (Sinhala: කතළුව වලව්ව), is a historic Walawwa building located near Kataluwa Railway Station in Galle District, Sri Lanka. H…
Bomburu Ella Falls (Sinhala: බෝඹුරු ඇල්ල) is a waterfall situated in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. Originated from the Uma Oya, the fall is about 50 m in height, 20 m in width and considered one of the widest falls in the country. The waterfal…
Katuaththamada Ambalama (Photo credit: Google Street View) The Katuaththamada Ambalama (Sinhala: කටුඅත්තාමඩ අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest near Ovilikanda in Matale District, Sri Lanka. History Ambalamas are traditional resting places …
The Suriyagoda Ilukthenna Ambalama (Sinhala: සූරියගොඩ ඉලුක්තැන්න අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest in Iluktenna in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the Aladeniya-Eriyagama road at the junction that runs towards the famous Suriyagoda Viha…
Milinda Prashnaya , Milinda Panha also known as Sri Saddharmadasaya (Sinhala: මිලින්ද ප්රශ්නය/ශ්රී සද්ධර්මාදාසය), is the Sinhalese translation of the popular Pali work of the Northern Buddhists entitled Milinda Panha (The questions of Milinda)…
Anuruddha Shathakaya Anuruddha Shatakaya(Sinhala: අනුරුද්ධ ශතකය) is an ancient Sanskrit poem written in the 11th or 12th century A.D. Compiled by Anuruddha Thera, it contains 101 stanzas in praise of the Buddha (Wikramasinghe, 1900). The author …
Saddharma Ratnavaliya Saddharma Rathnawaliya(Sinhala: සද්ධර්ම රත්නාවලිය, රතනාවලිය) (also known as Ratanavaliya ) is an ancient Sinhalese text written in or before the 13th century. Compiled by Dhammasena Thera, it contains an extensive collectio…
Hambegamuwa Raja Maha Viharaya , also known as Muthumala Purana Viharaya (Sinhala: හම්බෙගමුව රජ මහා විහාරය, මුතුමාල පුරාණ විහාරය), is a Buddhist temple situated in Hambegamuwa village in Monaragala District, Sri Lanka. Although there is a new te…
Dimbulagala Viharaya (Sinhala: දිඹුලාගල රජ මහා විහාරය; Tamil: திம்புலாகலை ரஜ மகா விகாரை) (ancient Dhumarakkhapabbata , Udumbarapabbata or Udumbarasala-pabbata ) is a Buddhist monastery situated in Dimbulagala mountain site (or Gunner's Quoin …
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