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Poramadulla Ambalama

Photo credit: Google Street View The Poramadulla Ambalama (Sinhala: පොරමඩුල්ල අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated near Poramadulla Central College in Kandy District, Sri Lanka.  History Ambalamas are traditional resting places…

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Wegiriya Ambalama

Photo credit: Google street view The Wegiriya Ambalama (Sinhala: වේගිරිය අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Udunuwara in Kandy District, Sri Lanka.  History Ambalamas are traditional resting places built by locals to acco…

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Hanguranketha Ambalama

Photo credit: Google Street View The Hanguranketha Ambalama (Sinhala: හඟුරන්කෙත අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated near Hanguranketha Pothgul Viharaya in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka.  History Ambalamas are traditional rest…

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Madanwala Ambalama

Photo credit: Google street view The Madanwala Ambalama (Sinhala: මාදංවල අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in the Madanwala village near Hanguranketha in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka.  History Ambalamas are traditional r…

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Rukula Ambalama

The Rukula Ambalama (Sinhala: රුකුලා අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Rukulagama village in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. The famous Aluthnuwara Devalaya is situated to the north about a 1-mile distance from this Ambalama. History …

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Chandrika Wewa

Chandrika Wewa (Sinhala: චන්ද්‍රිකා වැව) is a reservoir situated near Embilipitiya town in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. Presently, the reservoir has become a stopover for tourists passing through the area. Tourists gather here to bathe and enjoy…

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Kuragala Ancient Buddhist Monastery

Kuragala (Sinhala: කූරගල පුරාණ බෞද්ධ ආරාම සංකීර්ණය) is an archaeological site consisting of the ruins of an ancient Buddhist cave temple. It is situated in Balangoda, in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. A prehistoric site An excavation done in 20…

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Sanskrit Inscriptions in Sri Lanka

A small number (20 or more) of Sanskrit inscriptions (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සංස්කෘත සෙල්ලිපි) have been found in Sri Lanka (Dhammaratana, 2000). However, there is a significant number of inscriptions written in other languages (such as Sinhala and…

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Gin Ganga River

Gin Ganga (Sinhala: ගිං ගඟ; Tamil: கிங்கங்கை) is considered one of the important rivers in southern Sri Lanka. The chronicle Mahavamsa mentions this river as Galu Nadi in its chapter that describes the civil war during the reign of King Parakramab…

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Anuradhapura-Puttalam road Arabic Inscription

Anuradhapura-Puttalam road Arabic inscription Elupitiya(Sinhala: අනුරාධපුර-පුත්තලම මාර්ගයෙන් හමුවූ අරාබි සෙල්ලිපිය) is one of the Arabic Inscriptions in Sri Lanka . This slab with an inscription is said to have discovered from a place on the waysi…

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Ellupitty Arabic Inscription

Ellupitty Arabic Inscription Elupitiya(Sinhala: එළුපිටිය අරාබි සොහොන්ගල් සෙල්ලිපිය) is one of the Arabic Inscriptions in Sri Lanka . This has been identified as a tombstone (Dasanayaka, 2017). The slab on which the inscription has been inscribed…

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