The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic or Sri Dalada Maligawa (Sinhala: ශ්රී දළදා මාළිගාව; Tamil: தலதா மாளிகை) is a Buddhist place of worship situated in the heart of the City of Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is considered the most venerated Buddhist shrin…
Danagirigala Viharaya (Photo credit: Sameera Liyanage, Google Street View) Danagirigala/Danakirigala Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: දනගිරිගල රජ මහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple in Aranayaka in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. It is situated on a hil…
Galapatha Viharaya (Photo credit: Kanishka Dilshan, Google Street View) Galapatha Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: ගලපාත රජ මහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Kahagalla village near Bentota Ganga river in Galle District, Sri Lanka. H…
Mahagal Wewa (Sinhala: මහගල් වැව) is a reservoir situated in Badulla and Hambantota Districts, Sri Lanka. The ancient Padikemgala Raja Maha Viharaya lies on the border of this reservoir. History The history of this reservoir dates back to the A…
Budulena Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: බුදුලෙන රජ මහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. Known as Bujaslena in ancient times, the cave shrine of the temples is attributed to King Rajadhi Rajasingha [(1781-1798 A…
Waulpane Cave (Photo credit: Ravindu Samarasinghe, Google Street View) Waulpane Cave (Sinhala: වවුල්පනේ හුණුගල් ගුහාව) is a limestone cavern in the Kumburugamuwa Grama Niladhari Division in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. It is located about 27…
Hanguranketha Vishnu Devalaya & old Jackfruit tree (Photo credit: Anuradha Piyadasa, Google Street View) Hanguranketha Vishnu Devalaya (Sinhala: හඟුරන්කෙත විෂ්ණු දේවාලය) is a Devalaya Shrine situated opposite the Potgul Viharaya in Hangur…
Hanguranketha Pothgul Maliga Viharaya (Photo credit: DaRcAssan Zirekile, Google Street View) Hanguranketha Pothgul Maliga Viharaya (Sinhala: හඟුරන්කෙත පොත්ගුල් මාලිගා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Hanguranketha town in Nuwara Eliya …
Hanguranketha Pattini Devalaya (Photo credit: Google Street View) Hanguranketha Pattini Devalaya (Sinhala: හඟුරන්කෙත පත්තිනි දේවාලය) is a Devalaya Shrine situated about 100 m behind the Potgul Viharaya in Hanguranketha in Nuwara Eliya Distri…
Hanguranketha Palace (Sinhala: හඟුරන්කෙත රජ මාලිගාව) is a royal palace located in the present Hanguranketha town in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. History Hanguranketha which is believed to have evolved from the name Sangaruwan-ketha (the fiel…
Shanthipura View Point (Sinhala: ශාන්තිපුර නැරඹුම් ස්ථානය) is a high observation point located in Kalapura near the Shanthipura Village in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. Situated 1,692 m above sea level, Shanthipura Colony is considered the vi…
Shanthipura Colony (Sinhala: ශාන්තිපුර ජනපදය) is a settlement in the Kikiliyamana Range of mountains in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. Situated 1,692 m above sea level, this is considered the village on the highest elevation in the country (Ab…
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