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Weligama Sri Sumangala Thera

Ven Weligama Sri Sumangala Thera (Sinhala: වැලිගම ශ්‍රී සුමංගල තෙරණුවෝ) (1825-1905) was a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and an oriental scholar. Life events He was born in 1825 to a respectful family at Weligama in Matara District (Carus, 1905; Paran…

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Thalpe Beach Pools

Thalpe Beach   (Sinhala: තල්පෙ වෙරළ තීරය) is a popular shoreline in Talpe in Galle District, Sri Lanka.  The beach is popular among the locals as well as foreigners for its large natural swimming pool and other small rectangular-shaped artificial …

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Kathaluwa Ranwella and Giniwella Vihara

Not to be confused with Kathaluwa Poorwarama Viharaya Ranwella Purana Viharaya and Giniwella Nawamuni Se Purana Viharaya Kataluwa Ranwella Viharaya (Sinhala: කතළුව රන්වැල්ල පුරාණ විහාරය, ගිනිවැල්ල නවමුණි සෑ පුරාණ විහාරය) are two Buddhist temple…

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Wegowwa Ambalama

Wegowwa Ambalama (Photo credit: Google Street View) The Wegowwa Ambalama (Sinhala: වෑගොව්ව අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Minuwangoda in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. History Ambalamas are traditional resting places built by…

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Bulugahagoda Ambalama

Bulugahagoda Ambalama (Photo credit: Google Street View) Bulugahagoda Ambalama (Sinhala: බුළුගහගොඩ අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Bulugahagoda in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. History Ambalamas are traditional resting places…

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Bogamuwa Ambalama

Bogamuwa Ambalama (Photo credit: Google street view) The Bogamuwa Ambalama (Sinhala: බෝගමුව අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Bogamuwa village in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. History Ambalamas are traditional resting plac…

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Narampanawa Ambalama

Narampanawa Ambalama (Photo credit: Google street view) The Narampanawa Ambalama (Sinhala: නාරම්පනාව අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Narampanawa village in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. History Ambalamas are traditional resti…

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Arambepola Ambalama

Arambepola Ambalama (Photo credit: Google street view) The Arambepola Ambalama (Sinhala: අරඹේපොල අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Arambepola in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. History Ambalamas are traditional resting places built…

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Getakulama Ambalama

Getakulama Ambalama (Photo credit: Google street view) The Getakulama Ambalama (Sinhala: ගැටකුලම අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Rikillagaskada in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. History Ambalamas are traditional resti…

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Santhaiyar Madam (Ambalama)

Santhaiyar Madam (Photo credit: Google street view) The Santhaiyar Madam (Tamil: சாந்தையார் மடம்; Sinhala: සාන්තයියාර් අම්බලම) is an Ambalama (an old wayside rest) situated in Manipay in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. History Ambalamas …

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Mahawatta Ambalama

Mahawatta Ambalama (Photo credit: Google street view) The Mahawatta Ambalama (Sinhala: මහවත්ත අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated on the Algama-Horagasmankada road in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. History Ambalamas are traditional r…

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Ahugammana Ambalama

Ahugammana Ambalama (Photo credit: Google street view) The Ahugammana Ambalama (Sinhala: අහුගම්මන අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Ahugammana village in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. It is located about 1.7 km inland from Guruge Vihar…

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Daranagama Ambalama

Daranagama Ambalama (Photo credit: Google street view) The Daranagama Ambalama (Sinhala: දරණගම අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Daranagama in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. It is located about 330 m inland from Daranagama junction on t…

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Dehalkada Ambalama

Dehalkada Ambalama (Photo credit: Google street view) The Dehalkada Ambalama (Sinhala: දෙහල්කඩ අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Marassana village in Kandy District, Sri Lanka.  History Ambalamas are traditional resting plac…

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Vallipuram Alvar Vishnu Kovil

Vallipuram Alvar Visnu Kovil (Sinhala: වල්ලිපුරම් කෝවිල; Tamil: மவல்லிபுரம் கோயில்) is a Hindu shrine situated in Vallipuram village in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. History Remains of an ancient Buddhist site The famous gold sheet known as Vallipu…

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