January 2021

Divurumwela Raja Maha Viharaya

Divurumwela Raja Maha Viharaya , some called Divurumpola Temple (Sinhala: දිවුරුම්වෙල විහාරය, දිවුරුම්පොල විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in…

Res Vehera (Sesseruwa)

Res Vehera Buddha S esseruwa Viharaya , popularly known as Res Vehera (Sinhala: රැස් වෙහෙර සැස්සේරුව විහාරය) is a Buddhist temp…

Hambantota gallows

Hambantota gallows  is a gallows tree located in the south-eastern tip of Hambantota tower hill area in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. History T…

Godavaya Gothapabbata Viharaya

Godavaya Gothapabbata Viharaya (Sinhala: ගොඩවාය ගෝඨපබ්බත විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated on a rocky cliff by the side of the Ambalantota s…

Yahangala Viharaya (Hambantota)

Not to be confused with Yahangala Yahangala Viharaya (Sinhala: යහන්ගල විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. It is situat…

Gopala Pabbata

Gopala Pabbata G opala Pabbata (Sinhala: ගෝපාල පබ්බත) is a small group of rocks located within the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa…

Lankatilaka Viharaya (Kandy)

Not to be confused with Lankatilaka Image House (Polonnaruwa) Lankatilaka Viharaya (Sinhala: ලංකාතිලක විහාරය, මහනුවර) is a Buddhist temple built o…

Logan Sapphire

Logan Sapphire (Sinhala: ලෝගන් නිල් මැණික; Tamil: லோகன் நீலக்கல்) is a world-famous faceted blue sapphire discovered from Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan sap…

Beli-lena

Beli-lena (Sinhala:බෙලිලෙන; Tamil: பெலிலென) is a large (ca. 30x15 m)  prehistoric  cave situated in Kitulgala in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. It i…

Nanu Oya Arch Bridge (Kiribathkumbura)

Nanu-Oya Arch Bridge (Sinhala: කිරිබත්කුඹුර පිහිටි නානුඔය පැරණි පාළම) is located near the Kiribathkumbura Highway Museum premises in Kandy District…

Ulpange (Kandy)

The Ulpange , also known as Queens Bathing Pavilion (Sinhala: උල්පැන්ගේ), is located on the edge of Kandy Lake , to the south of the Temple of the…

Devinuwara Pillar Inscription of Parakramabahu VI

The Devinuwara Pillar Inscription of King Parakramabahu VI (Sinhala: හයවන පරාක්‍රමබාහු රජුගේ දෙවිනුවර ටැම් ලිපිය) is presently on display at the I…

Palace of Vijayabahu I (Anuradhapura)

The ruins of the temporary Palace of King Vijayabahu I (Sinhala: පළමුවන විජයබාහු රජුගේ අනුරාධපුර රජ මාළිගය) is located in the ancient Anuradhapura c…

Pothgul Vehera (Polonnaruwa)

Pothgul Vehera (Sinhala: පොළොන්නරුව පොත්ගුල් වෙහෙර) is a ruined shrine complex situated at the southern end of the  Ancient City of Polonnaruwa …