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Colombo Club

The Colombo Club (Sinhala: කොළඹ සමාජය) is located at the Taj Samudra Hotel premises overlooking Galle Face Green in Colombo, Sri Lanka. History The Colombo Club is considered the second-oldest social club in Sri Lanka as well as one of the old…

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Lloyd's Buildings, Colombo

The Lloyd's Buildings (Sinhala: ලොයිඩ්ස් ගොඩනැගිල්ල) is an old five-storied building located at No. 24, on Sir Baron Jayatilaka Mawatha in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka.  History This building was built in 1908 by Clifford Lake & Company in …

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Whiteaways Building (Colombo Fort)

The Whiteaways Building (Sinhala: වයිට්අවේස් ගොඩනැගිල්ල) is an old three-storied building located at No.25, Sir Baron Jayatilaka Mawatha in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka.  History This building is said to have been built following a plan of the Brit…

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Pravachanodaya Pirivena, Molligoda

Pravachanodaya Pirivena (Sinhala: මොල්ලිගොඩ ප්‍රවචනෝදය පිරිවෙන) is a Buddhist temple situated in Molligoda in Kalutara District, Sri Lanka. Presently it serves as a Pirivena (an educational institute) for Buddhist monks. History After the …

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Ashokarama Maha Viharaya (Kalutara)

Ashokarama Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: කළුතර අශෝකාරාම මහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Kalutara North in Kalutara District, Sri Lanka. History According to the details in the plaque fixed on the front wall of the image house, a weal…

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Sudarshanarama Viharaya (Dodangoda)

Dodangoda Sudarshanarama Viharaya (Sinhala: දොඩංගොඩ සුදර්ශනාරාම විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Dodangoda in Kalutara District, Sri Lanka. History By the 19th century, there were no Buddhist temples in the Dodangoda area and people …

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Medawachchiya Wewa

Medawachchiya Wewa   (Sinhala: මැදවච්චිය වැව) is a reservoir situated in Medawachchiya in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka.  History The present tank was restored in 1876 but breached in 1923 due to excessive rains (Arumugam, 1969). The repaired …

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Madukanda Wewa

Madukanda Wewa (Sinhala: මඩුකන්ද වැව) is a reservoir situated in Madukanda village in Vavuniya District, Sri Lanka.  History The Madukanda area is believed to be one of the places where the sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha was lodged on the jou…

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Mamaduwa Wewa

Mamaduwa Wewa (Sinhala: මාමඩුව වැව) is a reservoir situated in Mamaduwa village in Vavuniya District, Sri Lanka.  History Mamaduwa Wewa has been identified as the ancient Mahida Wewa (Mahinda-vapi), as it is mentioned in the slab inscription of…

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Hambegamuwa Wewa

Hambegamuwa Wewa   (Sinhala: හම්බෙගමුව වැව) is a reservoir situated in the Thanamalwila area in Monaragala District, Sri Lanka. The ancient Hambegamuwa Viharaya is located adjacent to this reservoir. History This ancient tank was restored in 18…

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Dewahuwa Wewa

Photo credit: Google street view Dewahuwa Wewa (Sinhala: දේවහුව වැව) is a reservoir situated in the Galewela area in Matale District, Sri Lanka.  History A few stories are there that describe how the present name of this reservoir was ori…

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De Mel Building (Colombo Fort)

The De Mel Building (Sinhala: ඩි මෙල් ගොඩනැගිල්ල) is a heritage building located at No. 103, Chatham Street in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. It is home to H. L. De Mel & Co. (Pvt) Ltd., the plantation company. This building with an extent of 20…

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Olcott Building, Colombo

The Olcott Building (Sinhala: ඕල්කට් ගොඩනැගිල්ල) is an old two-storied building located in Pettah in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It was the residence of Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907), an American who played a major role in the revival of Buddhis…

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