Mackinnon Mackenzie Building (Sinhala: මැකිනන් මැකන්සි ගොඩනැගිල්ල) is located at the intersection of York Street and the Layden Bastian Road in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. The popular Grand Oriental Hotel is situated next to this building (Manathung…
Kudumbigala Viharaya [also known as Kudumbigala Aranya Senasanaya (forest hermitage)] (Sinhala: කුඩුම්බිගල විහාරය තපෝවනය) is a Buddhist monastery located in the forest near Panama village in Ampara District, Sri Lanka. History As evident by the …
Kosgoda Ganegodella Purana Viharaya (Sinhala: කොස්ගොඩ ගණේගොඩැල්ල විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Nape in Galle District, Sri Lanka. History The history of this temple goes back to the Period of Dambadeniya . The establishment of this …
Yatagala Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: යටගල විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Yatagama village in Unawatuna in Galle District, Sri Lanka. History Locals believe that this temple was established during the reign of King Devanampiyatissa (250-…
A granite block of stone with a 15th-century crocodile charm and a talisman (Sinhala: බද්දේගම කිඹුල් මන්ත්‍රය සහිත ගල) has been discovered from Gin Ganga River at Baddegama in Galle District, Sri Lanka. It is presently housed in the Hedidemalakan…
Muthiyangana Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: මුතියංගණ රජ මහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Badulla town in Sri Lanka. It is regarded as one of the Solosmasthana, the 16 sacred Buddhist places in the country History The origin of the Muthiy…
Bowattegala Len Viharaya (Sinhala: බෝවත්තේගල නටඹුන් ලෙන් විහාරය) is an abandoned Buddhist monastery site (a cave temple) situated within the woods of Kumana National Park in Ampara District, Sri Lanka. History As evident by the cave and rock in…
Diyagama inscription , also known as Pelunu gala inscription (Sinhala: දියගම සෙල්ලිපිය, පැළුණුගල සෙල්ලිපිය) is a rock inscription discovered from Diyagama in Kalutara District, Sri Lanka. It is presently placed in a plot of land situated about 8 …
Akurugoda Pillar Inscription (Sinhala: අකුරුගොඩ ටැම් ලිපිය) is a lithic record discovered from the urban mound of Akurugoda in Tissamaharama, in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. The pillar The record has been engraved on two faces of an octagonal…
The Grand Hotel (Sinhala: නුවරඑළිය ග්‍රෑන්ඩ් හෝටලය) is a star-class hotel situated in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. History On 11 August 1828, Sir Edward Barnes, the then British Governor of Ceylon (1824-1831 A.D), mandated a home for the Br…
Victoria Park (Sinhala: නුවරඑළිය වික්ටෝරියා උද්‍යානය) is an urban park located in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. It is maintained by the Nuwara Eliya Municipal Council. Despite its urban setting, the park is one of the easiest places in the c…
A site with the remains of an ancient Buddhist temple has been discovered in the north-western part of Delft Island, Jaffna District, Sri Lanka (Devendra, 1969; Dias et al., 2016; Goonatilake et al., 2013; Ragupathy, 1987; Wijebandara, 2014). The a…
Not to be confused with Somawathi Viharaya, Dambulla Somawathiya Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: සෝමාවතිය රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in the middle of Somawathiya National Park in Polonnaruwa District, Sri Lanka. History Soma…
Seruwila Mangala Raja Maha Viharaya , also known as Seruwawila Viharaya (Sinhala: සේරුවිල මංගල රජමහා විහාරය), is a Buddhist temple situated in Seruwawila in Trincomalee District, Sri Lanka. It remains on the Tentative List of World Heritage Sites…
Uggal Alutnuwara Kataragama Devalaya (or Uggal Aluthnuwara Kuda Kataragam Devalaya ) (Sinhala: උග්ගල් අළුත්නුවර කතරගම දේවාලය, කුඩා කතරගම් දේවාලය) is a Devalaya Shrine situated in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. It has been dedicated to Kataraga…
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