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Mahamaya Girls' College, Kandy

Mahamaya Girls' College (Sinhala: මහාමායා බාලිකා විද්‍යාලය, මහනුවර; Tamil: கண்டி மகமாயா பெண்கள் கல்லூரி) is a government girls' school situated in Kandy, Sri Lanka. History The establishment of Mahamaya College as the first Buddhist sch…

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Kandy Pillaiyar Kovil

Katukele Pillaiyar Kovil (Sinhala: කටුකැලේ පුල්ලෙයාර් කෝවිල; Tamil: கட்டுக்கலை பிள்ளையார் கோவில்) is a Hindu shrine situated near Kandy Police Station in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. It is dedicated to God Ganesha, one of the most venerated deities …

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Sivali Central College, Ratnapura

Sivali Central College (Sinhala: සීවලී මධ්‍ය විද්‍යාලය, රත්නපුර) Seevali Central College is a government mixed school situated in Hidellana in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. It is considered the first Central College in the district. History Th…

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Umandawa Global Buddhist Village

Umandawa Global Buddhist Village , also known as  Umandawa Maha Vihara Monastery (Sinhala: උමංදාව මහා විහාර අසපුව, උමංදාව බෞද්ධ විශ්ව ගම්මානය), is a recently-built religious site situated in Madahapola village near Malsiripura town in Kurunegala…

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Malwathu Oya

Malwathu Oya Malvathu River (Sinhala: මල්වතු ඔය; Tamil: அருவி ஆறு) (Tamil: Aruvi Aru) is a river in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka.  The river originates from Ritigala Hills (766 m MSL) in the North Central Province and after travelling about 162 km, …

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Hiriwadunna Viharaya

Hiriwadunna Viharaya Hirivadunna Viharaya , also known as  Hiriwadunna Sri Bodhiraja Aranya Senasanaya (Sinhala: හිරිවඩුන්න විහාරය), is Buddhist temple situated in Hiriwadunna village in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. Several ruins of ancient …

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Bomburu Ella Falls

Bomburu Ella Falls (Sinhala: බෝඹුරු ඇල්ල) is a waterfall situated in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. Originated from the Uma Oya, the fall is about 50 m in height, 20 m in width and considered one of the widest falls in the country. The waterfal…

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Katuaththamada Ambalama

Katuaththamada Ambalama (Photo credit: Google Street View) The Katuaththamada Ambalama (Sinhala: කටුඅත්තාමඩ අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest near Ovilikanda in Matale District, Sri Lanka. History Ambalamas are traditional resting places …

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Ilukthenna Ambalama

The Suriyagoda Ilukthenna Ambalama (Sinhala: සූරියගොඩ ඉලුක්තැන්න අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest in Iluktenna in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the Aladeniya-Eriyagama road at the junction that runs towards the famous Suriyagoda Viha…

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Milinda Prashnaya

Milinda Prashnaya , Milinda Panha also known as Sri Saddharmadasaya (Sinhala: මිලින්ද ප්‍රශ්නය/ශ්‍රී සද්ධර්මාදාසය), is the Sinhalese translation of the popular Pali work of the Northern Buddhists entitled Milinda Panha (The questions of Milinda)…

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Anuruddha Shathakaya

Anuruddha Shathakaya Anuruddha Shatakaya(Sinhala: අනුරුද්ධ ශතකය) is an ancient Sanskrit poem written in the 11th or 12th century A.D. Compiled by Anuruddha Thera, it contains 101 stanzas in praise of the Buddha (Wikramasinghe, 1900). The author …

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Saddharma Ratnavaliya

Saddharma Ratnavaliya Saddharma Rathnawaliya(Sinhala: සද්ධර්ම රත්නාවලිය, රතනාවලිය) (also known as Ratanavaliya ) is an ancient Sinhalese text written in or before the 13th century. Compiled by Dhammasena Thera, it contains an extensive collectio…

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Dimbulagala Viharaya

Dimbulagala Viharaya , ancient Dhumarakkhapabbata , Udumbarapabbata or Udumbarasala-pabbata (Sinhala: දිඹුලාගල රජ මහා විහාරය; Tamil: திம்புலாகலை ரஜ மகா விகாரை), is a Buddhist monastery situated in Dimbulagala mountain site (or Gunner's Quoin …

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