April 2022

Udugodagama Tempita Viharaya

Udugodagama Tempita Viharaya (Sinhala: මලගමුව උඩුගොඩගම ටැම්පිට විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Malagamuwa village in Kurunegala District, S…

Modara Maha Kali Amman Temple

Maha Kali Amman Temple (Tamil: மகா காளி அம்மன் கோயில், முகத்துவாரம், ; Sinhala: මහා කාලි අම්මාන් කෝවිල මෝදර) is a Hindu Kovil situated in Modara (Mu…

Niyadawane Raja Maha Viharaya

Niyadawane Raja Maha Viharaya Niyadavane Viharaya (Sinhala: නියදවනේ රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Niyadawane village in Kurunegala…

Kurulu Kele Bird Sanctuary

Kurulu Kele Bird Sanctuary (Sinhala: කුරුලු කැලේ අභයභූමිය) is a lowland wetzone forest situated in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. Presently, it is adm…

Kadamba Veheragala Viharaya

Kadamba Veheragala Sri Purvarama Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: කඩම්බා වෙහෙරගල ශ්‍රී පූර්වාරාම රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated near Karamb…

Kukulugala Mountain & Rainforest

Kukulugala (Sinhala: කුකුළුගල කන්ද සහ වනාන්තරය) is a mountain (also known as Horanae Kanda) covered by a lowland evergreen rainforest situated withi…

Korossa Raja Maha Viharaya

Korossa Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: කොරොස්ස රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Korossa village in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. …

Horagolla National Park

Horagolla National Park (Sinhala: හොරගොල්ල ජාතික උද්‍යානය) is a low country evergreen forest near Nittambuwa town in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. …

Badulla St. Mark's Church

St. Mark's Church (Sinhala: බදුල්ල ශාන්ත මාර්ක් දේවස්ථානය) is an Anglican church situated in Badulla town, Sri Lanka. It was erected by locals…

Meethirigala Forest Reserve

Meethirigala Forest Reserve (Sinhala: මීතිරිගල රක්ෂිතය) is a patch of evergreen rain forest situated in Gampaha District (bordering Kegalle District…

Sylvester Douglas Wilson Memorial

Sylvester Douglas Wilson Memorial (Photo credit: Pasindu Chathurange, Google Street View) Memorial of Sylvester Douglas Wilson (Sinhala: සිල්වෙ…

Ferguson High School, Ratnapura

Ferguson High School (Sinhala: ෆර්ගසන් උසස් විද්‍යාලය) is a government girls school situated in the middle of Ratnapura town, Sri Lanka.  History…

Angamedilla Anicut

Angammedilla Anicut (Google Street View) A ngamedilla Gal Amuna (Sinhala: අංගමැඩිල්ල ගල් අමුණ) is an ancient anicut (presently a…

Bolgoda Lake

Bolgoda Lake (Sinhala: බොල්ගොඩ වැව, Tamil: போல்கோடா ஏரி), also known as Bolgoda Estuary , is a large lagoonal estuary situated in lowlands in the w…

Weniyarawela Ambalama

Weniyarawela Ambalama (Photo credit: Google street view) Weniyarawela Ambalama (Sinhala: වෑනියරවෙල අම්බලම) is a wayside rest located at Weniyar…

Weththewa Ambalama

Weththewa Ambalama (Photo credit: Google street view) Weththewa Ambalama (Sinhala: වැත්තෑව අම්බලම) is a wayside rest near Hingula in Kagelle Di…

Poramadulla Central College

Poramadulla Central College (Sinhala: පොරමඩුල්ල මධ්‍ය මහා විද්‍යාලය) is a government mixed school situated in Rikillagaskada in Nuwara Eliya Distric…

Tellippalai Durga Devi Temple

Tellippalai Durga Devi Temple (Photo credit: Sothinathan Nagamuthu, Google street view) Sri Durga Devi Temple (Tamil: அருள்மிகு ஸ்ரீ துர்க்காதே…

Freshwater Crabs of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is situated in one of the world’s 34 "biodiversity hotspots" (Beenaerts, 2010). Despite the island’s small size (65,600 km2), its…

St. Anthony's Church, Kepungoda

Kepungoda St. Anthony's Church (Photo credit: Gazaly Samsadeen, Google street view) St. Anthony's Church (Sinhala: කැපුංගොඩ ශාන්ත අන්තෙ…

Sangarathai Madam (Ambalama)

Sangarathai Madam (Photo credit: Google Street View) Sangarathai Madam (Sinhala: සංගරදෙයි අම්බලම) is an Ambalama (an old wayside rest) situate…

Menikkadawara Fort

Menikkadawara Fort (Sinhala: මැනික්කඩවර බලකොටුව; Tamil: மெனிக்கடவரைக் கோட்டைை) is an ancient fort situated in Menikkadawara village in Kegalle Dist…

Yapahuwa Raja Maha Viharaya

Yapahuwa Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: යාපහුව රජ මහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in the shade of the Yapahuwa rock in Kurunegala District,…

Holombuwa Viharaya

Holombuwa Viharaya (Sinhala: හොලොම්බුව ස්ත්‍රීපුර විහාරය) (also known as Sthreepura Gallen Viharaya ) is a Buddhist temple situated in Holombuwa …

Sigiriya Museum

The Sigiriya Museum (Sinhala: සීගිරිය කෞතුකාගාරය), Sri Lanka is one of the Museums Administered by the Central Cultural Fund . It has been establ…