February 2021

Mackinnon Mackenzie Building, Colombo Fort

Mackinnon Mackenzie Building (Sinhala: මැකිනන් මැකන්සි ගොඩනැගිල්ල) is located at the intersection of York Street and the Layden Bastian Road in Co…

Kudumbigala Viharaya

Kudumbigala Viharaya [also known as Kudumbigala Aranya Senasanaya (forest hermitage)] (Sinhala: කුඩුම්බිගල විහාරය තපෝවනය) is a Buddhist monastery…

Kosgoda Ganegodella Viharaya

Kosgoda Ganegodella Purana Viharaya (Sinhala: කොස්ගොඩ ගණේගොඩැල්ල විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Nape in Galle District, Sri Lanka. Hi…

Yatagala Raja Maha Viharaya

Yatagala Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: යටගල විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Yatagama village in Unawatuna in Galle District, Sri Lanka. His…

Crocodile Charm Inscription (Baddegama)

A granite block of stone with a 15th-century crocodile charm and a talisman (Sinhala: බද්දේගම කිඹුල් මන්ත්‍රය සහිත ගල) has been discovered from the…

Muthiyangana Viharaya

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…

Bowattegala Caves (Kumana)

Bowattegala Cave B owattegala Len Viharaya (Sinhala: බෝවත්තේගල නටඹුන් ලෙන් විහාරය) is an abandoned Buddhist monastery site (a …

Diyagama Inscription

Diyagama inscription , also known as Pelunu gala inscription (Sinhala: දියගම සෙල්ලිපිය, පැළුණුගල සෙල්ලිපිය) is a rock inscription discovered from …

Akurugoda Pillar Inscription

Akurugoda Pillar Inscription (Sinhala: අකුරුගොඩ ටැම් ලිපිය) is a lithic record discovered at the urban mound of Akurugoda in Tissamaharama, in Ham…

Grand Hotel (Nuwara Eliya)

The Grand Hotel (Sinhala: නුවරඑළිය ග්‍රෑන්ඩ් හෝටලය) is a star-class hotel situated in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. History On 11 August 1828…

Victoria Park (Nuwara Eliya)

Victoria Park (Sinhala: නුවරඑළිය වික්ටෝරියා උද්‍යානය) is an urban park located in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. It is maintained by the Nuwar…

Stupas of Delft Island, Jaffna

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 (Dev…

Somawathi Raja Maha Viharaya

Not to be confused with Somawathi Viharaya, Dambulla Somawathiya Stupa S omawathiya Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: සෝමාවතිය රජම…

Seruwila Mangala Raja Maha Viharaya

Seruwila Mangala Raja Maha Viharaya , also known as Seruwawila Viharaya (Sinhala: සේරුවිල මංගල රජමහා විහාරය), is a Buddhist temple situated in Ser…

Uggal Aluthnuwara Kataragama Devalaya

Uggal Alutnuwara Kataragama Devalaya (or Uggal Aluthnuwara Kuda Kataragam Devalaya ) (Sinhala: උග්ගල් අළුත්නුවර කතරගම දේවාලය, කුඩා කතරගම් දේවාලය)…

Dematamal Viharaya

Photo credit: Lakshan Abenaike, Google Street View Dematamal Viharaya (Sinhala: දෙමටමල් විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Okkampitiya in…

Bisowela Raja Maha Viharaya

Bisowela Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: බිසෝවෙල රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Bisowela in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. History T…