Kotalawala Walawwa (Hindagoda)
Kotalawala Walawwa (Sinhala: හිඳගොඩ කොතලාවල වලව්ව) is a Walawwa building located in Hindagoda village on the wayside of Passara-Badulla road in Bad…
May 2022
Gorakana Kande Purana Viharaya
Not to be confused with Kande Purana Viharaya, Opanayaka and Kande Viharaya, Alutgama Gorakana Purana Kande Viharaya (Photo credit: Google Stre…
Beruwala Lighthouse
Beruwala Lighthouse (Photo credit: ibrahim shareef, Google Street View) Beruwala Lighthouse , also known as Barberyn Lighthouse (Sinhala: බේරුව…
Sugarcane Research Institute, Sri Lanka
Sugarcane Research Institute (Sinhala:ශ්‍රී ලංකා උක් පර්යේෂණ ආයතනය) is located in Udawalawe in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. History The Sugarcan…
Bo Ella Falls
Not to be confused with Bopath Ella Falls Bo Ella Falls (Photo credit: Dulantha Sanjeewaka, Google Street View) Bo Ella Falls (Sinhala: බෝ ඇල…
Batamullakanda International Buddhist Center
B atamullakanda International Buddhist Center (Sinhala: බටමුල්ලකන්ද ජාත්‍යන්තර බෞද්ධ මධ්‍යස්ථානය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Matugama town in…
Mudalidu Amarasekara
Mudaliyar Abraham Christopher Gregory Sooriarachchi Amarasekara or A.C.G.S. Amarasekara (1883-1983) (Sinhala: මුදළිඳු ඒ සී ජී එස් අමරසේකර) was a w…
Gunadasa Amarasekara
Gunadasa Amarasekara (Sinhala: ගුණදාස අමරසේකර) (b. 1929) is a Sri Lankan poet, novelist, critic and short story writer (Dharmadasa, 1987; Gunawarde…
Sapugoda Sri Maha Viharaya (Beruwala)
Sapugoda Sri Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: සපුගොඩ ශ්‍රී මහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Mussalgoda village near Beruwala in Kalutara Distric…
Makandawa Forest Reserve
Makandawa Forest Reserve (Sinhala: මාකන්දාව රක්ෂිතය) is an evergreen lowland rainforest situated in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. Extending in an are…
Sri Pali College
Sri Pali College (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී පාලී විද්‍යාලය) is a government mixed school situated in Horana town in Kalutara District, Sri Lanka. History Th…
Ratnapura St. Aloysius College
St. Aloysius College (Sinhala: ශාන්ත ඇලෝසියස් විද්‍යාලය, රත්නපුර) is a government boys' school situated in the middle of Ratnapura town, Sri Lan…
Bees of Sri Lanka
Being pollinators, bees have become the most useful group of insects and there are over 20,000 species of described bees in the world (Karunaratne &…
Land Snails of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is situated in one of the world’s 34 "biodiversity hotspots". Its land snail fauna is very diverse and at least 80% of the 253 r…
National War Heroes’ Monument
National War Heroes’ Monument or Jathika Ranaviru Smarakaya (Sinhala: ජාතික රණවිරු ස්මාරකය) is a war monument located near the Parliament Building…
Kilinochchi War Memorial
The Kilinochchi War Memorial (Sinhala: කිලිනොච්චි යුද ස්මාරකය) has been set up in the middle of Kilinochchi town, Sri Lanka. The monument was er…
Elephant Pass War Memorial
The Elephant Pass War Memorial (Sinhala: අලිමංකඩ යුද ස්මාරකය) has been set up on the wayside of the Kandy-Jaffna highway (A9), near the Elephant P…
Puthukkudiyiruppu Victory Monument and War Museum
Puthukkudiyiruppu Victory Monument T he Victory Monument of Puthukkudiyiruppu & War Museum (Sinhala: පුදුකුඩිඉරුප්පු ස්මාරකය…
Yapahuwa Archaeological Museum
The Archaeological Museum of Yapahuwa , (Sinhala: යාපහුව පුරාවිද්‍යා කෞතුකාගාරය) Sri Lanka is one of the Regional Museums Administered by the Depar…
Panduwasnuwara Archaeological Museum
The Archaeological Museum of Panduwasnuwara , (Sinhala: පඬුවස්නුවර පුරාවිද්‍යා කෞතුකාගාරය) Sri Lanka is one of the Regional Museums Administered b…
Wasgamuwa National Park
Wasgamuwa National Park W asgamuwa National Park (Sinhala: වස්ගමුව ජාතික වනෝද්‍යානය; Tamil: வஸ்கமுவை தேசிய வனம்) is a national p…
Maduru Oya River
Maduru Oya reservoir M aduru Oya (Sinhala: මාදුරු ඔය; Tamil: மதுரு ஆறு) is a river in eastern Sri Lanka. It originates in Mahiya…
Hora (Tree)
Dipterocarpus zeylanicus is an evergreen perennial plant endemic to the island of Sri Lanka. It grows as a tree of about 170 ft. high and produces …
Bu Hora (Tree)
Dipterocarpus hispidus is an evergreen perennial plant endemic to the island of Sri Lanka. It grows as a tree of about 170 ft. high and produces ti…
Godapara
Dillenia retusa is an evergreen perennial plant endemic to the island of Sri Lanka. It grows as a tree of about 30 ft. high and produces timber that…
Polwatta Ganga
Polwatta Ganga (Sinhala: පොල්වත්ත ගඟ) is a river in southern Sri Lanka. It originates in the hills above Nakiyadeniya where it is known as Udugan O…
Somawathiya National Park
Somawathiya National Park S omawathiya National Park (Sinhala: සෝමාවතිය ජාතික වනෝද්‍යානය) is a national park that lies between E…
Allai Copper Plate Grant
Allai Copper Plate Grant in the Polonnaruwa Museum N eelapola Vihara Copper Plate Grant , also known as Allai Copper Plate Gra…
Seruvila Allai Sanctuary
Seruvila Allai Sanctuary Seruwila Sanctuary, Seruwawila (Sinhala: සේරුවිල අල්ලෙයි අභයභූමිය) is one of the Sanctuaries in Sri Lanka . It lies near T…