Kotalawala Walawwa (Sinhala: හිඳගොඩ කොතලාවල වලව්ව) is a Walawwa building located in Hindagoda village on the wayside of Passara-Badulla road in Badulla District, Sri Lanka. History This is the residence of Muhandiram Don Carolis Kotalawala who is …
Not to be confused with Kande Purana Viharaya, Opanayaka and Kande Viharaya, Alutgama Gorakana Purana Kande Viharaya (Photo credit: Google Street View) Kande Purana Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: ගොරකාන කන්දේ පුරාණ රජ මහා විහාරය) is a Buddhis…
Beruwala Lighthouse (Photo credit: ibrahim shareef, Google Street View) Beruwala Lighthouse , also known as Barberyn Lighthouse (Sinhala: බේරුවල ප්රදීපාගාරය), is one of the lighthouses in Sri Lanka. It is located on 3 hectares of Barberyn Isl…
Sugarcane Research Institute (Sinhala:ශ්රී ලංකා උක් පර්යේෂණ ආයතනය) is located in Udawalawe in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. History The Sugarcane Research Institute was established by the Act of Parliament no. 75 of 1981 (ratified on 29 Decembe…
Not to be confused with Bopath Ella Falls Bo Ella Falls (Photo credit: Dulantha Sanjeewaka, Google Street View) Bo Ella Falls (Sinhala: බෝ ඇල්ල) is a waterfall located below the town of Mawanella in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. It is formed …
Batamullakanda International Buddhist Center (Sinhala: බටමුල්ලකන්ද ජාත්යන්තර බෞද්ධ මධ්යස්ථානය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Matugama town in Kalutara District, Sri Lanka. The temple is popular among devotees for its gigantic standing statue o…
Mudaliyar Abraham Christopher Gregory Sooriarachchi Amarasekara or A.C.G.S. Amarasekara (1883-1983) (Sinhala: මුදළිඳු ඒ සී ජී එස් අමරසේකර) was a well known Sri Lankan painter and amateur magician (Gunawardena, 2003). Life events Born on 2 March…
Gunadasa Amarasekara (Sinhala: ගුණදාස අමරසේකර) (b. 1929) is a Sri Lankan poet, novelist, critic and short story writer (Dharmadasa, 1987; Gunawardena, 2003) . He is considered one of the founding fathers of modern Sinhalese literature. Life even…
Sapugoda Sri Maha Viharaya (Photo credit: Google Street View) Sapugoda Sri Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: සපුගොඩ ශ්රී මහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Massalgoda village near Beruwala in Kalutara District, Sri Lanka. History This t…
Makandawa Forest Reserve (Sinhala: මාකන්දාව රක්ෂිතය) is an evergreen lowland rainforest situated in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. Extending in an area of about 195 ha., it is located in close proximity to the Kitulgala town which is a major ecotouri…
Sri Pali College (Sinhala: ශ්රී පාලී විද්යාලය) is a government mixed school situated in Horana town in Kalutara District, Sri Lanka. History The school was established by Wilmot A. Perera, a well-known planter, philanthropist and politician, b…
St. Aloysius College (Sinhala: ශාන්ත ඇලෝසියස් විද්යාලය, රත්නපුර) is a government boys' school situated in the middle of Ratnapura town, Sri Lanka. History The school was established in 1888 as St. Peters Bilingual School by Father Pierre Bo…
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 & Edirisinghe, 2012). Of them, about 152 species belonging to four (of the seven) families Collet…
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 recorded species are endemic (Raheem et al., 2008; Ranawana, 2006; Ranawana & Priyadarshana, 2012…
National War Heroes’ Monument or Jathika Ranaviru Smarakaya (Sinhala: ජාතික රණවිරු ස්මාරකය) is a war monument located near the Parliament Building Complex in Battaramulla in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It was erected in memory of war heroes of …
The Kilinochchi War Memorial (Sinhala: කිලිනොච්චි යුද ස්මාරකය) has been set up in the middle of Kilinochchi town, Sri Lanka. The monument was erected as a war hero cenotaph to mark the capturing of Kilinochchi town on 2 January 2009 from the Li…
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 Pass in Kilinochchi District, Sri Lanka. It was unveiled in the presence of the then defence secretar…
The Victory Monument of Puthukkudiyiruppu & War Museum (Sinhala: පුදුකුඩිඉරුප්පු ස්මාරකය සහ යුධ කෞතුකාගාරය) have been set up on the wayside of the Parantan-Mullaitivu road, near the Nanthi Kadal lagoon in Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka. It wa…
The Archaeological Museum of Yapahuwa , (Sinhala: යාපහුව පුරාවිද්යා කෞතුකාගාරය) Sri Lanka is one of the Regional Museums Administered by the Department of Archaeology . History The museum was first established in the premises of Yapahuwa …
The Archaeological Museum of Panduwasnuwara , (Sinhala: පඬුවස්නුවර පුරාවිද්යා කෞතුකාගාරය) Sri Lanka is one of the Regional Museums Administered by the Department of Archaeology . History A small museum was first established in Panduwasnu…
Wasgamuwa National Park (Sinhala: වස්ගමුව ජාතික වනෝද්යානය; Tamil: வஸ்கமுவை தேசிய வனம்) is a national park that spans Central and North Central Provinces, Sri Lanka. It is considered an important habitat in the country for swamp elephants ( Elepha…
Maduru Oya (Sinhala: මාදුරු ඔය; Tamil: மதுரு ஆறு) is a river in eastern Sri Lanka. It originates in Mahiyangana and flows through Badulla, Monaragala, Ampara, Polonnaruwa and Batticaloa districts (Kirupacaran, 2020). It is the 8th longest river i…
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 timber that can be used for bent works, plywood, boats, planks, casks and piles (Worthington, 1959).…
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 timber that can be used for casks, boats, and floors (Worthington, 1959). The bark is muddy-grey in co…
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