Hulugalla Tempita Viharaya (Sinhala: හුළුගල්ල ටැම්පිට විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Nikaweratiya in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. History This temple and its adjoining tank of the same name are believed to have been built during t…
Sri Sunandarama Viharaya (Sinhala: බොලොස්සගම සුනන්දාරාම විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated on the bank of Kalu Ganga river in Bolossagama village in Kalutara District, Sri Lanka. History The building that houses the image house of this templ…
Padeniya Raja Maha Viharaya (Photo credit: Amila Ishantha, Google Street View) Padeniya Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: පාදෙණිය රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Padeniya in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. History The image hous…
Kumbukkan Oya (Sinhala: කුඹුක්කන් ඔය; Tamil: கும்புக்கன் ஆறு) is a river in eastern Sri Lanka. It originates in the hills above Monaragala and flows a length of over 48 km before entering the Indian Ocean at Kumana (Arumugam, 1969). River basin …
Mayuragiri Raja Maha Viharaya (Photo credit: Madhuka Mihiranga Wickramarathna, Google street view) Mayuragiri Raja Maha Viharaya , also known as Monaragala Raja Maha Viharaya , (Sinhala: මොනරාගල මයුරගිරි රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situ…
Kirindi Oya (Sinhala: කිරිඳි ඔය) is a river in southeast Sri Lanka. It is 118 km long (Abeysingha et al., 2017). History The ancient name used in Pali chronicles such as Mahavamsa to identify the Kirindi Oya river was Karinda-nadi (Nicholas, …
Not to be confused with Abhayagiri Viharaya, Anuradhapura Abhayagiri Purana Viharaya (Sinhala: ඇබෝගම අභයගිරි පුරාණ රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Ambogama village in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. History The only archaeolo…
Menik Ganga (Sinhala: මැණික් ගඟ; Tamil: மாணிக்க ஆறு) is a perennial river in the southern semi-arid pan of Sri Lanka. Originates in the Namunukula mountain range, it flows about 50 miles (80 km) through Buttala and Kataragama before entering into …
Hathigamuwa Gurugoda Viharaya (Sinhala: හාතිගමුව ගුරුගොඩ විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Hathigamuwa village in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. History Archaeological evidence indicates that this temple was developed during both the …
Kala Oya (Sinhala: කලා ඔය; Tamil: கலா ஓயா) is a river in northwest Sri Lanka. It originates at Dambulla, Kandalama mountains at an elevation around 870 metres Above Mean Sea Level (Iresh, 2020; Iresh et al, 2021). In the lower reaches, a few tribu…
Kandulawa Mediriya Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: කඳුලව මැදිරිය රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Kandulawa village in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. History The history of this temple goes back to the first half of the Anuradhapur…
Deduru Oya (Sinhala: දැදුරු ඔය; Tamil: தெதரு ஆறு) is a river in northwest Sri Lanka. It originates from the eastern border of the Central Province, flows across Kurunegala and Puttalam districts and enters into the Indian Ocean at Chilaw (Somaratn…
Ruins at Nikawewa Viharaya (Photo credit: Google Street View) Nikawewa Vam-iwura Purana Viharaya (Sinhala: නිකවැව වම් ඉවුර පුරාණ විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated on the bank of Nika Wewa tank in Nikawewa Left in Mullaitivu District, Sri …
Hummanaya Blowhole is situated on a rocky cliff in Kudawella fishing village in Matara District, Sri Lanka. It is considered the second largest of the six known blowholes in the world and the only one in Sri Lanka (Abeyawardana, 2004). The rumble …
Stone pillars of an ancient building (Photo credit: Google street view) Mayuravapi Purana Viharaya Mayurawapi Viharaya(Sinhala: මයුරවාපී විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Monarawewa village in Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka. The site …
Bahjathul Ibraheemiyya Arabic College is an Islamic educational centre situated in Galle Fort premises in Sri Lanka. It was established by Sir Mohamed Macan Makar in 1892 (Abeyawardana, 2004). Attribution 1) Galle-Al Bahjathul Ibrahimiya Arabi…
Mullaitivu Fort (Sinhala: මුලතිවු බලකොටුව; Tamil: முல்லைத்தீவுக் கோட்டை) is an old Dutch fort in Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka. A few ruins of this fort is still found within the premises of the Mullaitivu Divisional Secretariat (Asanga & Ni…
Sangamitta Stupa (Sinhala: සංඝමිත්තා ස්තූපය) is a ruined Stupa situated in close proximity of Thuparama Viharaya in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. History Soon after the introduction of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Sangamitta Theri, the da…
Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: අනුරාධපුර මහා විහාරය) (also known as Tissarama or Mahamevna Tisaram ) was an important Buddhist monastery complex for Theravada Buddhism in ancient Sri Lanka. Most of the sacred monuments in the city includin…
Karandagolla Cave or Nil Diya Pokuna (Sinhala: නිල් දිය පොකුණ) (lit: Blue Water Pond) is a tunnel and an underground cave with a pond located in Ravana Ella Sanctuary in Karandagolla near Ella in Badulla District, Sri Lanka. The pond which is …
Not to be confused with Thonigala Rock Inscriptions, Anamaduwa The Thonigala Rock Inscription of the reign of King Sirimeghavanna (Sinhala: වවුනියාව තෝනිගල සෙල් ලිපිය) is found engraved on a low flat hummock of gneiss known as Thonigala (or Nag…
The ruins of an Ancient Hospital Complex (Sinhala: පොළොන්නරුව පුරාණ රෝහල) have been identified from the premises of Polonnaruwa Old City in Polonnaruwa District, Sri Lanka. History Cultural Triangle excavations carried out in 1982/3 confir…
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