Blog archive in: January 2022

January 2022

Gurugalhinna Megalithic Cemetery

Gurugalhinna Megalithic Cemetery , also known as Gurugalhinna Pre-historic Burial Site (Sinhala: ගුරුගල්හින්න මෙගලිතික සුසාන), is an ancient burial…

Dharma Vijaya Vishrama Salawa , also called by some Kirigala Ambalama (Sinhala: ධර්ම විජය විශ්‍රාම ශාලාව, කිරිගල අම්බලම), is an old pilgrim rest lo…

Gallage Sirimal Ranawella (Sinhala: සිරිමල් රණවැල්ල) (1921-2021) was a Sri Lankan epigraphist and historian. Life events Ranawella was born in Kog…

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 (Sinhala: කොක්ඇබේ පුරාවිද්‍යා ස්ථානය) Kokebe Archaeological Site is a ruined Buddhist monastery site situated on the wa…

Kiuldeniya Ambalama (Sinhala: කිවුල්දෙණිය අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest near Kivuldeniya village in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. History Amb…

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 St. Joseph's Balika Vidyalaya (Sinhala:ශාන්ත ජෝශප් බාලිකා විද්‍යාලය, කෑගල්ල) is a government girls' school sit…

Manalkadu Dutch Church (Photo credit: Tom J, Google Street View) The ancient Manalkadu Dutch Church (Sinhala: මනල්කාඩු ලන්දේසි පල්ලිය; Tamil:…

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.…

The ruined Ambalama (Photo credit: Google street view) Vathiri Pillayar Kovil is a Hindu temple situated in Vathiri village in Jaffna District,…

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 (Photo credit: Google Street View) The Aru Kaal Madam (Sinhala: ආරු කාල් අම්බලම) (lit: Six Pillar Choultry) is an Ambalama (an …

Christ Church (Sinhala: බද්දේගම ක්‍රිස්තු දේවස්ථානය) is an Anglican church situated in Baddegama village in Galle District, Sri Lanka. It is main…

Jean Solomons Arasanayagam (Sinhala: ජීන් අරසනායගම්) (1931-2019) was a Sri Lankan poet, short story writer, novelist, dramatist and painter. Life e…

The two most exquisitely carved Sandakada Pahana (moonstones) (Sinhala: අභයගිරි පංචාවාස සඳකඩ පහන) in Sri Lanka is found in two monastic residentia…

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 (Sinhala: ධාරණී ගෘහය) is a ruined building situated in Abhayagiri Monastery premises in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Dharani A form of…

Amavatura (Sinhala: අමා වතුර) (lit: Ambrosial Water) is a devotional biography of the Buddha composed by Gurulugomi , a commentator and philosopher…

Alahana Pirivena (Sinhala: ආලාහන පිරිවෙන) (lit: Crematory Monastery) is the largest monastery complex located in the Polonnaruwa Ancient City , Sri…

The Kingdom of Gampola (Sinhala: ගම්පොල රාජධානිය/ යුගය; Tamil: கம்பளை இராசதானி) was the fourth kingdom in Sri Lanka that flourished on the island f…