Habarana Tempita Viharaya or Habarana Purana Tempita Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: හබරණ ටැම්පිට විහාරය), is a Buddhist temple situated near Habarana Wewa tank in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. History The Tempita Viharaya at Habarana temple…
Ambareli Tempita Viharaya (Sinhala: අඹරැලි ටැම්පිට විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated near Hinguruweawa reservoir in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. History Although the history of Ambareli temple could be traced back to the 3rd century B…
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…
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…
Dunumadalawa Forest Reserve (Sinhala: දුනුමඩලාව රක්ෂිතය), also known as Walker Estate or Waraka Watta , is a semi-isolated, hill country wet-zone forest reserve situated in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. Extending in an area of about 480 ha., it comp…
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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