Jetavanarama Alms-Hall
Jetavanarama Alms-Hall or The Refectory of Jetavanaramaya (Sinhala: ජේතවනාරාම දාන ශාලාව, බත් ගේ) is a ruined building located in the ancient mon…
October 2021
Third Samadhi Statue and Bodhigharaya III
Third Samadhi Statue and Bodhigharaya III B odhi Tree Shrine III, Abhayagiriya , incorrectly referred to as the Shrine of the Dia…
Prasada Stupa, Abhayagiri Monastery
Prasada Stupa (Sinhala: ප්‍රාසාද ස්තූපය, අභයගිරිය) is a Stupa situated in the Abhayagiri Monastery premises in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka…
Kappagoda Raja Maha Viharaya
Kappagoda Raja Maha Viharaya K appagoda Raja Maha Viharaya , also known as Kappagoda Brahmawardana Paya Viharaya (Sinhala: කප්පා…
Omalpe Tempita Viharaya
Omalpe Tempita Viharaya O malpe Tempita Viharaya , also known as Omalpe Purana Viharaya (Sinhala: ඕමල්පේ ටැම්පිට විහාරය), is a …
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…
Kadireshan Kovil (Anuradhapura)
Photo credit: Google street view Kadireshan Kovil (Sinhala: අනුරාධපුරය කදිරේශන් කෝවිල) is a Hindu shrine situated in Anuradhapura town, Sri …
Mapakada Wewa
Photo credit: Dotcom Systems Pvt Ltd (Google street view) Mapakada Wewa (Sinhala: මාපාකඩ වැව) is a reservoir situated in Mapakada village in Ba…
Ridiyagama Wewa
Photo credit: Google street view Ridiyagama Wewa (Sinhala: රිදියගම වැව) is a reservoir situated in Ridiyagama village in Hambantota District, S…
Balaharuwa Wewa
Balaharuwa Wewa B alaharuwa Wewa (Sinhala: බලහරුව වැව) is a medium reservoir situated in Balaharuwa village in Monaragala Distri…
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 …
Mendis Rohanadeera
Professor Mendis Rohanadeera (Sinhala: මැන්දිස් රෝහණදීර) (1931-2011) was a Sri Lankan academic and historian. Life events Rohanadeera was born o…
Kurunegala Lake
Kurunegala Wewa (Sinhala: කුරුණෑගල වැව), popularly known as Kurunegala Lake , is a reservoir situated in Kurunegala town, Sri Lanka. Located at the …
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 R…
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. …
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 …
K. Jayatilaka
Dr. Kaluachchigamage Jayathilaka (Sinhala: කේ. ජයතිලක) (1926-2011), popularly known as K. Jayatilaka was a Sri Lankan novelist, short-story writer,…
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 Devi…
Pathirakali Amman Temple (Trincomalee)
Pathirakali Amman Temple (Tamil: பத்திரகாளி அம்பாள் கோயில்; Sinhala: ත්‍රිකුණාමලය බද්‍රකාලි අම්මාන් කෝවිල) is a Hindu shrine situated in Trincoma…
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 ch…
Malwathu Maha Viharaya (Kandy) | Headquarters of Malwatta Chapter
Malwathu Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: මල්වතු මහා විහාරය) Malvathu Viharaya is a complex of Buddhist temples situated within Kandy city limits in Kandy …
King Gajabahu I of Anuradhapura
Gajabahu I (Sinhala: පළමුවන ගජබාහු රජ; Tamil: முதலாம் கஜபாகு) was the King of Anuradhapura Kingdom , Sri Lanka from 114 A.D. to 136 A.D. Belonging …
Historical and Memorial Trees in Sri Lanka
There are a large number of Historical and Memorial Trees (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඓතිහාසික හා සමරු වෘක්ෂ) throughout Sri Lanka. Presently, some of…