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J.D.A. Perera

J.D.A. Perera (1897-1967) (Sinhala: ජේ.ඩී.ඒ. පෙරේරා) was a well-known Sri Lankan portrait painter and teacher of art (Gunawardena, 2003). Life events Perera was born in 1897 at Pahalagama in Gampaha. He completed his primary education at Wesley…

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Saradiel Village

Saradiel Village (Sinhala: සරදියෙල් ගම්මානය) is a rural hamlet situated in Mawanella in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. Located at the foothills of the Uthuwankanda , it is presently promoted as a tourist village commemorating Sura Saradiel (1832-186…

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Commonwealth War Cemetery (Borella)

Borella Commonwealth War Cemetery (Sinhala: බොරැල්ල පොදුරාජ්‍ය මණ්ඩලීය යුද සුසාන භූමිය) is a part of the Borella Burial Ground (or Kanatte Cemetery) situated in Borella in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It has been established to honour the Commonw…

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Jawatta Cemetery

Jawatta Cemetery (Sinhala: ජාවත්ත සුසාන භූමිය), also known as Liveramentu Cemetery , is a burial ground located in Jawatta in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. History A church site converted into a cemetery site As is revealed by the Portuguese repo…

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Commonwealth War Cemetery (Trincomalee)

Trincomalee Commonwealth War Cemetery (Sinhala: ත්‍රිකුණාමළය පොදුරාජ්‍ය මණ්ඩලීය යුද සුසාන භූමිය; Tamil: திருகோணமலை பிரித்தானிய யுத்தக் கல்லறை) is a Commonwealth War Grave site situated near Uppuveli in Trincomalee District, Sri Lanka. It has been …

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Commonwealth War Cemetery (Kandy)

Kandy Commonwealth War Cemetery (Sinhala: මහනුවර පොදුරාජ්‍ය මණ්ඩලීය යුද සුසාන භූමිය) is a Commonwealth War Grave site situated in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. It has been established to honour the Commonwealth servicemen who died during World War I …

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Borella Cemetery

Borella Cemetery (Sinhala: බොරැල්ල කනත්ත), also known as Kanatte Cemetery , is a burial ground located in Borella in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. Established in the colonial period, the cemetery is more than 170 years old. A part of it is recogniz…

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Commonwealth War Cemetery (Jawatta)

Jawatta Commonwealth War Cemetery (Sinhala: ජාවත්ත පොදුරාජ්‍ය මණ්ඩලීය යුද සුසාන භූමිය) is a part of the Jawatta Burial Ground (or Liveramentu Cemetery) situated in Jawatta in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It has been established to honour the Comm…

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Jawatta Jummah Masjid

Jawatta Jummah Masjid (Sinhala: ජාවත්ත ජුම්මා පල්ලිය) is a Muslim place of worship located in Jawatta in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. History The mosque was established at the premises of the Jawatta Burial Ground  in 1941 to cater to the religio…

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Kankasanthurai Cement Factory

The Kankasanthurai Cement Factory (කන්කසන්තුරේ සිමෙන්ති කම්හල) Kankesanthurai Cement Factory is the first industrial cement manufacturing factory established in Sri Lanka (Perera et al., 2020). Located in Kankasanthurai in Jaffna District, the fac…

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Trincomalee Marble Beach

Marble Beach (Sinhala: ත්‍රිකුණාමළය මාබල් බීච්) is a popular shoreline facing to Koddiyar Bay in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.  Maintained by the Sri Lanka Air Force, the beach is popular among the locals as well as foreigners as a place of safe bathing…

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Samanalawewa Reservoir

Samanalawewa Reservoir (Sinhala: සමනලවැව ජලාශය) is situated in Belihul Oya in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. It is considered one of the most important hydropower-generating reservoirs in the country (Udayakumara et al., 2010). History Detaile…

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Muthuiyankaddu Kulam

Muthuiyankaddu Kulam (Sinhala: මුතුඉයන්කඩ්ඩු වැව; Tamil: முத்துஐயன்கட்டு குளம்) Muththu Iyankattu kulam is a reservoir situated in Oddusuddan in Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka. History The tank was earlier known as Muthu Rayankaddu Kulam and ha…

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Malayadi Wewa

Malayadi Wewa (Sinhala: මලයාඩි වැව) Malayadi Tank is a reservoir situated in Damana village near Hingurana in Ampara District, Sri Lanka. History The tank is a new work constructed in the period of 1959-1961 by the Gal Oya Development Board (Ar…

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LTTE Destroyed Water Tower (Kilinochchi)

LTTE Destroyed Water Tower was a war monument located in Kilinochchi town, Sri Lanka. The tower was bombed and fallen down in 2009 by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a militant group designated as a terrorist organization by 32 countr…

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Pulun Ella Falls

Pulun Ella Falls (Sinhala: පුලුන් ඇල්ල) is a waterfall located in Pathakada village near Pelmadulla in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. The fall can be reached after a small hike from the road. At the bottom of the fall is a small natural pool of wh…

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Uduwaka Dunumala Ella Falls

Dunumala Ella Falls  or Uduwaka Ella Falls (Sinhala: උඩුවක දුනුමාල ඇල්ල) is a waterfall located in Uduwaka village in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. The fall can be reached after a small hike of about 500 m from the road. It cascades from the top in…

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Muthu Mandapam, Vellore

Muthu Mandapam is a memorial situated on the banks of the Palar river in Vellore, India. It has been built by the Tamil Nadu Government to honour King Sri Vikrama Rajasinha (1798-1815 A.D.), the last ruler of Sri Lanka (Rajalakshmi & Yoganand…

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