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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 located at Sagara Palansuriya Vidyalaya near the Kirigalamukalana forest reserve on the Padukka-Ingiri…

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Sirimal Ranawella

Gallage Sirimal Ranawella (Sinhala: සිරිමල් රණවැල්ල) (1921-2021) was a Sri Lankan epigraphist and historian. Life events Ranawella was born in Koggala on 16 October 1921 and at the age of one, he was adopted by his aunt Roslyn Amarasinha (JRASSL,…

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Balabowa Ambalama

Balabowa Ambalama (Photo credit: Google street view) Balabowa Ambalama (Sinhala: බලබෝව අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Balabowa village in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. History Ambalamas are traditional resting places bui…

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Kiuldeniya Ambalama

Kiuldeniya Ambalama (Sinhala: කිවුල්දෙණිය අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest near Kivuldeniya village in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. History Ambalamas are traditional resting places built by locals to accommodate wayfarers who were travelling …

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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 (a seat or throne) which symbolizes the Adamantine throne ( Vajrasana ) of the Buddha on which he a…

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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 situated in Kegalle, Sri Lanka. History The school was first established in 1909 as a convent affil…

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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. It remains in UNESCO's Tentative World Heritage List since 2008. History The mosque was built i…

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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 the northern edge of the city of Thimphu next to the banks of the Wang Chu River (or Raidāk River), …

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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 old wayside rest) situated in Vannarpannai in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. History Ambalamas a…

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Baddegama Christ Church

Christ Church (Sinhala: බද්දේගම ක්‍රිස්තු දේවස්ථානය) is an Anglican church situated in Baddegama village in Galle District, Sri Lanka. It is maintained by the Colombo Diocese. History Robert Mayer, a missionary of the Church Missionary Society …

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Jean Arasanayagam

Jean Solomons Arasanayagam (Sinhala: ජීන් අරසනායගම්) (1931-2019) was a Sri Lankan poet, short story writer, novelist, dramatist and painter. Life events Born on 2 December 1931 to a Burgher family as Jean Solomons she received her schooling in Ka…

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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 religiosa ) in Vihara and monasteries. The Sri Lankan Bodhigharas of the Anuradhapura Period are consid…

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Amavatura

Amavatura (Sinhala: අමා වතුර) (lit: Ambrosial Water) is a devotional biography of the Buddha composed by Gurulugomi , a commentator and philosopher who lived in the 12th century in Sri Lanka (Reynolds et al., 1994; Wikramasinghe, 1900). It is cons…

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Alahana Pirivena

Alahana Pirivena (Sinhala: ආලාහන පිරිවෙන) (lit: Crematory Monastery) is the largest monastery complex located in the Polonnaruwa Ancient City , Sri Lanka. History The Pirivena was established by King Parakramabahu I [(1153-1186 A.D.) Jayasuriya,…

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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 from the 14th to the 15th century (from 1341 A.D. to 1412 A.D.). It was known as " Ganga Siri Pu…

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