September 2021

Veherakema Buddhist Ruins, Panama

Photo credit: rafael pedro, Google Street View Veherakema Archaeological Site (Sinhala: වෙහෙරකෙම බෞද්ධ නටඹුන්) is situated in Panama in Ampara…

Panama Wewe Vehera

P anama Wewe Vehera Viharaya , also known as Panama Wewa Viharaya or Panama Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: පානම වැවේ වෙහෙර විහාරය), is a Buddhist te…

Manankattiya Wewa

Manankattiya Wewa (Sinhala: මානන්කට්ටිය වැව) is a reservoir situated in Manankattiya in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. It is located about 32 km …

Hiriwadunna Wewa

Hiriwadunna Wewa H iriwadunna Wewa (Sinhala: හිරිවඩුන්න වැව) is a reservoir situated in Hiriwadunna in Anuradhapura District, Sr…

Sithra Velayutha Swamy Kovil (Kovil Porathivu)

S ithra Velayutha Swamy Kovil (Tamil: சித்ரா வேலாயுத சுவாமி கோவில், கோவில் பொரதீவு; Sinhala: සිත්ර වේලායුද ස්වාමි කෝවිල, කෝවිල් පොරතිව්) is a …

Polonnaruwa Visnu Devale No. 3

Visnu Devale No. 3 (Sinhala: විශ්ණු දේවාලය අංක 3) is a ruined Hindu temple situated near the bank of Parakrama Samudraya Reservoir in the  Ancien…

Kannathiddy Kali Kovil

Photo credit: Google street view Kannathiddy Kali Kovil (Tamil: கண்ணத்திட்டி காளி கோவில்; Sinhala: කණ්ණතිඩ්ඩි කාලි කෝවිල) is a Hindu shrine s…

Veyil Ugantha Pillaiyar Temple

Photo credit: Google street view Veyil Ugantha Pillaiyar Temple (Tamil: வெயில் உகந்த பிள்ளையார் கோவில்; Sinhala: වෙයිල් උගන්ත පිල්ලයාර් කෝවිල…

Malagammana Viharaya

Malagammana Viharaya (Sinhala: මාලගම්මන විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Malagammana village in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. History Thi…

Alawathugoda Saman Devalaya

Alawathugoda Saman Devalaya (Sinhala: අලවතුගොඩ සමන් දේවාලය) is a Devalaya Shrine situated in Alawatugoda village in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. …

Kundasale Narendrasinghe Raja Maha Viharaya

Kundasale Sri Narendrasinghe Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: කුණ්ඩසාලේ ශ්‍රී නරේන්ද්‍රසිංහ රජ මහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Kundasale …

Aththaragama Raja Maha Viharaya

Aththaragama Raja Maha Viharaya , also known as Aththaragama Pothgul Viharaya (Sinhala: අත්තරගම පොත්ගුල් රජ මහා විහාරය), is a Buddhist temple situ…

Aralaganwila Wewa

A ralaganwila Wewa (Sinhala: අරලගංවිල වැව) is a reservoir situated in Polonnaruwa District, Sri Lanka. The ancient Silumini Seya is located on the …

Ketapitiya Purana Viharaya

Photo credit: Google street view Ketapitiya Purana Viharaya (also known as Ketapitiya Tempita Viharaya ) (Sinhala: කැටපිටිය පුරාණ ටැම්පිට විහාර…

Heenatipana Ambalama

The Heenatipana Ambalama (also known as Mawanella Molligoda Pinkumbura Ambalama ) (Sinhala: හීනටිපන අම්බලම, මාවනැල්ල මොල්ලිගොඩ පිංකුඹුරේ අම්බලම) is…

Bothale Raja Maha Viharaya

Sri Gotabaya Raja Maha Viharaya or popularly known as Bothale Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: බෝතලේ ශ්‍රී ගෝඨාභය රජ මහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist te…

Kaluwila Mee Tree

Photo credit: Google street view The Kaluwila Mee Tree (also known as Kaluwila Mee Gasa ) (Sinhala: කළුවිල මී ගස) was an old tree situated in …

Balana Kadawatha Jack Tree

Photo credit: Google street view The Kadawatha Jack Tree , also known as Kadawatha Kos Tree (Sinhala: බලන කඩවත කොස් ගස), situated in Balana vi…

Pilawala Tamarind Tree

Pilawala Tamarind Tree P ilawala Tamarind Tree , also known as Pilawala Siyambala Tree (Sinhala: පිලවල සියඹලා ගස), situated in P…

Rameswaram Inscription of Nissankamalla

The Rameswaram Inscription of King Nissankamalla (Sinhala: නිශ්ශංකමල්ල රජුගේ රාමේෂ්වරම් ගල් ආසන ලිපිය) is a 12th-century Sinhalese inscription dis…

Rankoth Viharaya (Panadura)

Not to be confused with Rankoth Vehera, (Polonnaruwa) Rankoth Viharaya (Sinhala: පානදුර රන්කොත් විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Panadura …

Yataththawala Tempita Viharaya

Yataththawala Tempita Viharaya , also known as Yataththawala Sri Bodhivamsarama Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: යටත්තාවල ටැම්පිට විහාරය, යටත්තාවල ශ්‍…

Okanda Devalaya

Okanda Devalaya (Tamil: Ukanthamalai Murugan Kovil ) (Sinhala: ඕකන්ද කතරගම දේවාලය; Tamil: உகந்தமலை முருகன் ஆலயம்) is a Devalaya Shrine  (or Kovil…

Watarakgoda Raja Maha Viharaya

Watarakgoda Raja Maha Viharaya , also known as Watarakgoda Pussadeva Viharaya (Sinhala: වටරක්ගොඩ ඵුස්සදේව විහාරය), is a Buddhist temple situated in …

Matale Alu Viharaya

Alu Viharaya , popularly known as Aluvihare Rock Temple (Sinhala: මාතලේ අළු විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Matale in Matale District, Sr…