Gurugalhinna Megalithic Cemetery
Gurugalhinna Megalithic Cemetery , also known as Gurugalhinna Pre-historic Burial Site (Sinhala: ගුරුගල්හින්න මෙගලිතික සුසාන), is an ancient burial…
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Dharma Vijaya Vishrama Salawa
Dharma Vijaya Vishrama Salawa , also called by some Kirigala Ambalama (Sinhala: ධර්ම විජය විශ්රාම ශාලාව, කිරිගල අම්බලම), is an old pilgrim rest lo…
Sirimal Ranawella
Gallage Sirimal Ranawella (Sinhala: සිරිමල් රණවැල්ල) (1921-2021) was a Sri Lankan epigraphist and historian. Life events Ranawella was born in Kog…
Balabowa Ambalama
Balabowa Ambalama (Photo credit: Google street view) Balabowa Ambalama (Sinhala: බලබෝව අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Balabowa vi…
Kok Abe Archaeological Site
Kok Abe Archaeological Site (Sinhala: කොක්ඇබේ පුරාවිද්යා ස්ථානය) Kokebe Archaeological Site is a ruined Buddhist monastery site situated on the wa…
Kiuldeniya Ambalama
Kiuldeniya Ambalama (Sinhala: කිවුල්දෙණිය අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest near Kivuldeniya village in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. History Amb…
Asanaghara in Sri Lanka
Asanaghara (Sinhala: ආසනඝර) is a type of ancient Buddhist structure found in several places in Sri Lanka. They have been built to house an Asana …
St. Joseph Girls' College (Kegalle)
St. Joseph Girls' College St. Joseph's Balika Vidyalaya (Sinhala:ශාන්ත ජෝශප් බාලිකා විද්යාලය, කෑගල්ල) is a government girls' school sit…
Manalkadu Dutch Church
Manalkadu Dutch Church (Photo credit: Tom J, Google Street View) The ancient Manalkadu Dutch Church (Sinhala: මනල්කාඩු ලන්දේසි පල්ලිය; Tamil:…
Malé Friday Mosque
Malé Friday Mosque (Dhivehi: މާލެ ހުކުރު މިސްކިތް) (also known as Malé Hukuru Miskiy ) is an old mosque in the city of Male, Kaafu Atoll, Maldives.…
Vathiri Pillayar Kovil Archaeological Ruins
The ruined Ambalama (Photo credit: Google street view) Vathiri Pillayar Kovil is a Hindu temple situated in Vathiri village in Jaffna District,…
Tashichho Dzong
Tashichho Dzong (Dzongkha: བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཆོས་རྫོང) (lit: The fortress of the glorious religion) is a Buddhist monastery complex and fortress located on …
Aru Kaal Madam (Ambalama)
Aru Kaal Madam (Photo credit: Google Street View) The Aru Kaal Madam (Sinhala: ආරු කාල් අම්බලම) (lit: Six Pillar Choultry) is an Ambalama (an …
Baddegama Christ Church
Christ Church (Sinhala: බද්දේගම ක්රිස්තු දේවස්ථානය) is an Anglican church situated in Baddegama village in Galle District, Sri Lanka. It is main…
Jean Arasanayagam
Jean Solomons Arasanayagam (Sinhala: ජීන් අරසනායගම්) (1931-2019) was a Sri Lankan poet, short story writer, novelist, dramatist and painter. Life e…
Moonstones at Abhayagiri Panchavasa
The two most exquisitely carved Sandakada Pahana (moonstones) (Sinhala: අභයගිරි පංචාවාස සඳකඩ පහන) in Sri Lanka is found in two monastic residentia…
Bodhighara in Sri Lanka
Bodhighara (Sinhala: බෝධිඝර) (lit: Bodhi-tree shrine) is a type of Buddhist structure in Sri Lanka built around the sacred Bo tree ( Ficus reli…
Dharani House (Abhayagiriya)
Dharani House (Sinhala: ධාරණී ගෘහය) is a ruined building situated in Abhayagiri Monastery premises in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Dharani A form of…
Amavatura
Amavatura (Sinhala: අමා වතුර) (lit: Ambrosial Water) is a devotional biography of the Buddha composed by Gurulugomi , a commentator and philosopher…
Alahana Pirivena
Alahana Pirivena (Sinhala: ආලාහන පිරිවෙන) (lit: Crematory Monastery) is the largest monastery complex located in the Polonnaruwa Ancient City , Sri…
Kingdom of Gampola | Ancient Ganga Siri Pura
The Kingdom of Gampola (Sinhala: ගම්පොල රාජධානිය/ යුගය; Tamil: கம்பளை இராசதானி) was the fourth kingdom in Sri Lanka that flourished on the island f…