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Third Samadhi Statue and Bodhigharaya III

Bodhi Tree Shrine III, Abhayagiriya , incorrectly referred to as the Shrine of the Diamond Throne (Sinhala: අභයගිරිය තෙවන සමාධි බුදු පිළිමය හා බෝධිඝරය) is a Bodhigharaya (a Bodhi tree shrine) located on the premises of Abhayagiri Monastery in …

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O.M. da Silva Cosme

Oswald Murray Leon Harwood da Silva , known as O.M. da Silva Cosme (1919-2007) was a Sri Lankan Attorney-at-law and author. Life events Murray was born on 29 October 1919. He completed his primary and secondary education at Royal College in Colom…

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Kadireshan Kovil (Anuradhapura)

Photo credit: Google street view Kadireshan Kovil (Sinhala: අනුරාධපුරය කදිරේශන් කෝවිල) is a Hindu shrine situated in Anuradhapura town, Sri Lanka. It is dedicated to God Siva along with other deities including Ganesa, Laksmi, Bahirava. His…

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Mapakada Wewa

Photo credit: Dotcom Systems Pvt Ltd (Google street view) Mapakada Wewa (Sinhala: මාපාකඩ වැව) is a reservoir situated in Mapakada village in Badulla District, Sri Lanka.  History As an inscription found in the locality, this tank was functi…

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Ridiyagama Wewa

Photo credit: Google street view Ridiyagama Wewa (Sinhala: රිදියගම වැව) is a reservoir situated in Ridiyagama village in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka.  History The construction work of this reservoir was begun in 1923 and completed in 19…

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Balaharuwa Wewa

Balaharuwa Wewa   (Sinhala: බලහරුව වැව) is a reservoir situated in Balaharuwa village in Monaragala District, Sri Lanka.  History The breached tank was restored in 1956 (Arumugam, 1969). The reservoir The bund of the reservoir is about 4,200…

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N.A. Jayawickrama

Professor Nicholas Abeydheera Jayawickrama , known as N.A. Jayawickrama (Sinhala: එන්.ඒ‍. ජයවික්‍රම) (1920-2012) was a Sri Lankan academic and Pali scholar. Life events Jayawickrama was born on 17 March 1920 in Kidamulla village in Hambantota Dis…

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Mendis Rohanadeera

Professor Mendis Rohanadeera (Sinhala: මැන්දිස් රෝහණදීර) (1931-2011) was a Sri Lankan academic and historian. Life events Rohanadeera was born on 21 January 1931 in Pallattara village in Hambantota District (Suraweera, 2013). He completed his p…

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Kurunegala Lake

Kurunegala Wewa (Sinhala: කුරුණෑගල වැව), popularly known as Kurunegala Lake , is a reservoir situated in Kurunegala town, Sri Lanka. Located at the verge of the Ethugala rock, it is used for recreation and sometimes as a drinking water source. Hi…

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Anagimala Ella Falls

Anagimala Ella Falls (Sinhala: අනගිමල ඇල්ල) is a waterfall situated in Kanneliya Forest Reserve in Galle District, Sri Lanka. The Kanneliya Forest Reserve is the largest of the Kanneliya-Dediyagala-Nakiyadeniya forest complex. Regarded as one of th…

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King Sri Rajadhi Rajasinha of Kandy

Sri Rajadhi Rajasinha (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී රාජාධි රාජසිංහ රජ; Tamil: ஸ்ரீ ராஜாதி ராஜசிங்கம்) was the King of Kandyan Kingdom , Sri Lanka from 1781 A.D. to 1798 A.D. Belonging to the Kandy Nayakkar Dynasty, he ruled the country from his capital at Kandy…

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A. V. Suraweera

Professor Alankaraga Victor Suraweera (Sinhala: ඒ. වී. සුරවීර) (1930-2014), known as A. V. Suraweera was a Sri Lankan academic, historian, literary critic and politician. Life events Suraweera was born on 12 October 1930 in Korasa village in Gam…

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K. Jayatilaka

Dr. Kaluachchigamage Jayathilaka (Sinhala: කේ. ජයතිලක) (1926-2011), popularly known as K. Jayatilaka was a Sri Lankan novelist, short-story writer, literary critic and book publisher. Life events Born on 27 June 1926 in Kannimahara village in Ga…

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Thisara Sandeshaya

Thisara Sandeshaya or the Swan Message (Sinhala: තිසර සංදේශය) is a Sandesha Kavya from Sri Lanka containing a message from a Buddhist monk at Devinuwara to King Parakramabahu V (1348-1359 A.D.) of Gampola (Godakumbura, 1953). Belonging to the 1…

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Pathirakali Amman Temple (Trincomalee)

Pathirakali Amman Temple (Tamil: பத்திரகாளி அம்பாள் கோயில்; Sinhala: ත්‍රිකුණාමලය බද්‍රකාලි අම්මාන් කෝවිල) is a Hindu shrine situated in Trincomalee town, Sri Lanka. It is dedicated to the goddess Bhadrakali, a form of the Goddess Kali Amman, on…

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Christ Church, Mutwal

Christ Church (Sinhala: මෝදර ක්‍රිස්තු දේවස්ථානය) is an Anglican church situated in Mutwal in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is considered the oldest church within the Anglican Diocese and the first Cathedral of the Anglican Church in Ceylon. History T…

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