Kshetrarama Purana Viharaya (Sinhala: අහුංගල්ල ක්ෂේත්රාරාම පුරාණ විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Ahungalla in Galle District, Sri Lanka. History This temple is said to have been established in 1891 (Ranchagoda, 2015). Some old paintin…
Ariyakara Viharaya (Sinhala: මිහිරිපැන්න අරියාකර විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Mihiripenna Talpe village in Galle District, Sri Lanka. History This temple is said to have been established in 1778. According to folklore, an aristocrati…
Eluketiya Bimbarama Purana Viharaya (Sinhala: එළුකැටිය බිම්බාරාම විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Eluketiya village in Galle District, Sri Lanka. History Constructed in 1759, this temple is said to be the place where the bronze statue fo…
Ambagahapitiya Mula Maha Viharaya or Welithota Mula Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: අඹගහපිටිය මූල මහා විහාරය, වැලිතොට මූල මහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Welithota village in Galle District, Sri Lanka. It is the headquarters of the Amarapura…
Embalawa Rahath Gal Vehera or Maluwewatta Purana Viharaya Ambalawa Rahath Gal Vehera (Sinhala: ඇඹලව රහත් ගල් වෙහෙර විහාරය, මළුවේවත්ත පුරාණ විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Maluwawatta village in Galle District, Sri Lanka. History Avai…
Phra Phuttha Sihing (Thai: พระพุทธสิหิงค์) (also known as the Phra Sing, Sihinga Buddha, Singhalese Buddha, Sihalapatima ) is an ancient image of the Gautama Buddha currently placed in Bangkok National Museum, Thailand. It is considered one of …
Danthure Purana Raja Maha Viharaya is a Buddhist temple situated in Danture village in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. History The area where the present temple stands is known as Danthapura in ancient times (Abeyawardana, 2004). It is believed that th…
Diyakelinawala Kithsirimewan Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: දියකෙළිනාවල කිත්සිරිමෙවන් රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Imbulmalgama village in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. History According to local tradition, this temple was built dur…
Hawa Mahal (Hindi: हवामहल) (meaning: The Palace of Winds or The Palace of Breeze ) is an iconic palace situated in Bari Chaupar in Jaipur, India. It is a five-storey pyramid-shaped monument with 953 small casements with screened windows called J…
Photo credit: Google street view Purana Dharmagara Viharaya (Sinhala: පුරාණ ධර්මඝර විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Henawala near Kadugannawa town in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. History The credit of building this temple belongs to …
Church of Santa Engrácia (Portuguese: Igreja de Santa Engrácia) (widely known as the National Pantheon ) (Portuguese: Panteão Nacional) is an ancient monument in Lisbon, Portugal. It is located on a hill in the eastern part of the historical cent…
Uluru , also known as Ayers Rock , is an iconic red rock situated in the southern part of the Northern Territory in Australia. It is an inselberg made of sandstone about half a billion years old. The rock stands 348 m high and has a circumference o…
Nelumwewa Thermal Springs or Nelumwewa hot water springs (Sinhala: නෙළුම්වැව උණුදිය උල්පත්) site is one of the major geothermal springs areas in Sri Lanka and is located in Nelumwewa in Polonnaruwa District. Hot water springs Geothermal spr…
Kapurella Thermal Springs or Kapurella hot water springs (Sinhala: කපුරැල්ල උණුදිය උල්පත්) site is one of the major geothermal springs areas in Sri Lanka and is located in Tempitiya in Maha Oya, Ampara District. It is considered the hottest therm…
Visovac Monastery (Croatian: Samostan Visovac) is a Catholic monastery located on the island of Visovac in the middle of the Visovac lake in the Krka National Park, Croatia. History Visovac is mentioned in the 14th-century documents. However, the …
Vianden Castle (Luxembourgish: Veianer Schlass) is a fortified castle situated in Vianden town in the North of Luxembourg. It is considered one of the largest feudal residences of the Romanesque and Gothic periods in Europe (Baker, 2013; Sheehan, …
Kapaleeshwarar Temple (Tamil: தமயிலாப்பூர் கபாலீசுவரர் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple situated in Mylapore (Tirumayilai) in Chennai, India. It is one of the oldest Saiva places of pilgrimage in Chennai (Paramasivanandam, 1981). History It is said that …
Parthasarathy Temple (Tamil: திருவல்லிக்கேணி பார்த்தசாரதி கோயில்) is a Hindu temple situated in Thiruvallikeni (Triplicane) in Chennai, India. It is classified as one of the famous 108 Vaishnava places ( Divya Desam ) of pilgrimage (Paramasivanand…
St. Thomas' Church (Sinhala: ජින්තුපිටිය සාන්ත තෝමස් දේවස්ථානය) is an Anglican Catholic church situated in Ginthupitiya in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is considered one of the oldest Anglican churches in the country (Manathunga, 2016; Welandawe …
Photo credit: Google Street View The George Wall Memorial Fountain is located in the middle of the Lipton Circus in Cinnamon Gardens in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It has been built in commemoration of George Wall (1821-1894), a British merchant, polit…
Colombo Racecourse or Colombo Racecourse Sports Complex (Sinhala: කොළඹ තුරඟ තරග පිටිය), is located in Cinnamon Gardens in Colombo, Sri Lanka. History The racecourse stadium was built at this place by the Ceylon Turf Club in 1893 after the rac…
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