Photo credit: Google Street View The SriLankan Airlines Regional Building (Sinhala: කොළඹ පැරණි ගුවන් සමාගම් ගොඩනැගිල්ල) is located on Sir Baron Jayatilaka Mawatha, opposite the Lloyd's Building in Colombo, Sri Lanka. History This bu…
Photo credit: Google street view The State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka Building (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා රාජ්‍ය ඖෂධ නීතිගත සංස්ථා ගොඩනැගිල්ල) is located on Sir Baron Jayatilaka Mawatha, near the Gaffoor Building in Colombo, Sri Lan…
The Old General Post Office Building (Sinhala: කොළඹ පැරණි ප්‍රධාන තැපැල් කාර්යාල ගොඩනැගිල්ල) is located at No. 15 on Janadhipathi Mawatha, opposite the President's House in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. It was the headquarters of the Sri Lanka P…
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…
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 …
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…
Wolvendaal Church ( Wolvendaalse Kerk ) (Sinhala: වුල්ෆැන්ඩල් පල්ලිය/ වුල්වැන්ඩල් පල්ලිය) is a Protestant church situated in Pettah in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It is considered the first Protestant church in the country and also the only Dut…
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 …
Sunandarama Pirivena (Sinhala: ඕවිටිගල සුනන්දාරාම පිරිවෙන) is a Buddhist temple situated in Ovitigala in Kalutara District, Sri Lanka. History This temple is said to have been established in the second half of the 19th century. Induruwe Medha…
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
Rajanganaya Wewa (Sinhala: රාජාංගනය ජලාශය) is a reservoir built across the Kala Oya river, at Rajanganaya, bordering the North Western and North Central provinces of Sri Lanka. History This is a newly built reservoir. However, on the Kadigala…
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…
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…
Photo credit: Google street view Paramananda Purana Viharaya (Sinhala: කොටහේන පරමානන්ද පුරාණ විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Kotahena in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. History This temple is said to have been erected in 1808 unde…
Vipashyaramaya , also known as Puwakpitiya Temple (Sinhala: මහරගම විපශ්‍යාරාමය, පුවක්පිටිය විහාරය), is a Buddhist temple situated in Maharagama in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. History This temple is said to have been established by a Buddhist …
The old Cargills & Millars Buildings (Sinhala: කාර්ගිල්ස් හා මිලර්ස් ගොඩනැගිල්ල) are located No. 40 on the corner of the Sir Baron Jayatilaka Mawatha and the York Street in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. They are considered to be some of the oldest…
The Colombo Terminus Railway Station (Sinhala: කොළඹ අන්ත්‍ය දුම්රිය ස්ථානය) is an abandoned railway station in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is considered as the first railway station built in the country by the British who pioneered in the beginning of…
The De Mel Building (Sinhala: ද මෙල් ගොඩනැගිල්ල) is an old building located in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. The four-storied building (with a ground floor) is said to have been built in 1901 (Manathunga, 2016). A restaurant is maintained on the g…
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…
The Gaffoor Building (Sinhala: ගෆූර් ගොඩනැගිල්ල) is an old building in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. Located on the corner of the Sir Baron Jayatilaka Mawatha and Leyden Bastian Street, it is a wedge-shaped building of four stories. History This…
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