Mahakanadarawa Stone Bridge (Sinhala: මහකනදරාව පැරණි ගල් පාළම) is an ancient bridge located near Mahakanadarawa Wewa in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. History This bridge is believed to have been erected at the same time as Mahakanadarawa …
The Ruins of the Ancient City of Dambadeniya are found scattered in and around the Dambadeniya Maliga Gala area in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. History Polonnaruwa Kingdom (1056-1236 A.D.), the second kingdom of Sri Lanka was abandoned i…
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…
Torawa Mailewa Viharaya Thorawa Mailewa Viharaya, Thorava Mayilewa (Sinhala: තෝරව මයිලෑව විහාරය) (ancient Tisssa Pabbata Viharaya ) is a Buddhist temple situated in Thorava village in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. History The history of this te…
Kempitikanda Tempita Viharaya , also known as Sri Bodhirukkharama Purana Tempita Viharaya (Sinhala: කෙම්පිටිකන්ද බෝධිරුක්ඛාරාම ටැම්පිට විහාරය), is a Buddhist temple situated in Kempitikanda village in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. History The tem…
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 …
Koggala Beach Park (Sinhala: කොග්ගල නිදහස් වෙරළ තීරය) is a popular shoreline in Koggala in Galle District, Sri Lanka. Opened to the public in 2007, the site is presently maintained by the Habaraduwa Divisional Secretariat. The beach is popular am…
Not to be confused with Kathaluwa Ranwella and Giniwella Vihara Kathaluwa Poorwarama Viharaya Kataluwa Purwarama Viharaya (Sinhala: කතළුව පූර්වාරාම විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Kathaluwa village in Galle District, Sri Lanka. History …
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…
Koranaka Sandagala Viharaya (Photo credit: Google Street View) Koranaka Sandagala Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: කොරසගල්ල කොරණක සඳගල රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Korasagalla village in Kekirawa in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lan…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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