The Koch Memorial Clock Tower (Sinhala: කොක් අනුස්මරණ ඔරලෝසු කණුව; Tamil: கோச் நினைவு மணிக்கூட்டுக் கோபுரம்) is located on Kynsey Road next to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. History The clock tower was bui…
The Kandy Clock Tower (Sinhala: මහනුවර ඔරලෝසු කණුව; Tamil: கண்டி மணிக்கூட்டுக் கோபுரம்) is located in the middle of Kandy town, Sri Lanka. History The clock tower was built in 1950 by Haji Mohamed Ismail as a monument in memory of his son …
Ratnapura Old Fountain (Sinhala: රත්නපුර පැරණි වතුර මල) is a water spout located in the premises of Maha Saman Devalaya in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. History The fountain was granted by Sir William Gregory, the British Governor of Ceylo…
The Ratnapura Clock Tower (Sinhala: රත්නපුර ඔරලෝසු කණුව) is located in the middle of Ratnapura town, Sri Lanka. History The clock tower was erected on 17 March 1922 to commemorate 93 British nationals who died in the First (1914-1918), rep…
The Kurunegala Clock Tower (Sinhala: කුරුණෑගල ඔරලෝසු කණුව; Tamil: குருணாகல் மணிக்கூட்டுக் கோபுரம்) is located in the middle of Kurunegala town, Sri Lanka. History The clock tower was built in 1922 to remember those who died in the First (1…
The Thriposha Program (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා ත්රිපෝෂ වැඩසටහන) is the first comprehensive island-wide nutrition supplementary food program carried out by the Government of Sri Lanka (Jayatissa, 2005). The distributed food item through this program is…
Tangalle Fort (Sinhala: තංගල්ල බලකොටුව; Tamil: தங்காலைக் கோட்டை) is a small Dutch fort situated near the Christ Church in Tangalle in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. History The fort was built by the Dutch on the site of an earlier fort erecte…
The Macan Marker Building is located at No. 33 on Sir Baron Jayatilaka Mawatha in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. The building is believed to have been built at the beginning of the 20th century and was one of the properties developed by the well-known…
The Royal Palace Park , also known as Wales Park or Wace Park (Sinhala: වේල්ස් උද්යානය), is a small urban and recreational park situated on a top of a hill southwest of Kirimuhuda in Kandy City, Sri Lanka. The hill where the park is situat…
Dombagammana Ambalama (Photo credit: Google Street View) Dombagammana Ambalama (Sinhala: පූජාපිටිය දොඹගම්මන අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Kirioruwa in Badulla District, Sri Lanka. Ambalama Ambalamas are traditional rest…
The Kandy House , also known as Amunugama Walawwa (Sinhala: අමුණුගම වලව්ව), is a star-class boutique hotel located Gunnepana in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. The hotel has been established in an old manor house belonging to the Kandyan Period . It is…
The National Flag of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ජාතික කොඩිය; Tamil: இலங்கையின் தேசியக்கொடி) was first adopted officially on 2 March 1951 and slightly amended on 22 May 1972. It consists of a golden lion holding a Kastane Sword in a maroon b…
Kirioruwa Ambalama (Sinhala: කිරිඔරුව අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Kirioruwa in Badulla District, Sri Lanka. Ambalama Ambalamas are traditional resting places built by locals to accommodate wayfarers who were travelling t…
Matara Uduwaka Ambalama (Photo credit: Google Street View) Uduwaka Ambalama (Sinhala: මාතර උඩුවක අම්බලම) is a wayside rest located on Uduwaka-Telijjawila Rd in Matara District, Sri Lanka. History Ambalamas are traditional resting places…
Wahalkada Wewa (Sinhala: වාහල්කඩ වැව) is a shallow reservoir situated in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. History The tank is believed to have been built during the time of King Mahasen [(276-301 A.D.) IUCN & CEA, 2006]. It was restored in …
Pottuvil Lagoon (Sinhala: පොතුවිල් කලපුව) is a shallow brackish water coastal lagoon located in Ampara District, Sri Lanka. Physical, ecological features & climate Surrounded by sand dunes, salt marshes, mangroves and coconut plantations, the…
Maniumpathy Hotel is a star-class boutique hotel located in Cinnamon Gardens near Borella in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. History Constructed in 1868, the ownership of the Maniumpathy bungalow was transferred to a Sri Lankan family from its origina…
The Etakada Tamil Pillar Inscription Atakada is one of the Tamil Inscriptions in Sri Lanka . Discovery The pillar containing the inscription was discovered at the entrance to the modern Buddhist Viharaya at Etakada in the Kadawath Korale in Anuradh…
Tintagel Hotel , formerly known as Rosmead Walawwa , is a star-class boutique hotel located in Cinnamon Gardens in Colombo, Sri Lanka. History The Tintagel mansion was constructed in 1929 by Dr Lucian de Zilwa following a design by Homi Billimoria …
Monica Ruwanpathirana (Sinhala: මොනිකා රුවන්පතිරණ) (1946-2004) was a Sri Lankan poet and short story writer (Gunawardena, 2003) . She is considered one of the most prominent modern Sinhala poets in the country. Life events Monica was born in 194…
Wesley College (Sinhala: කොළඹ වෙස්ලි විද්යාලය; Tamil: உவெசுலி கல்லூரி, கொழும்பு) is a semi-government boys' school situated in Welikada in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It is named after John Wesley (1703-1791), the founder of the Methodist Chu…
St. Andrew's Scots Kirk is a church in Kollupitiya in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. History The church was established during the British colonial period (1815-1948) by the Scottish community as a place of worship for Presbyterian devotees…
Bambalapitiya Christian Reformed Church (Photo credit: Google Street View) Christian Reformed Church (Sinhala: ක්රිස්තියානි රෙපරමාදු දේවස්ථානය), formerly known as Dutch Reformed Church , is a church located in Bambalapitiya in Colombo District…
St. Paul's Church (Sinhala: මිලාගිරිය ශාන්ත පාවුළු දේවස්ථානය) is an Anglican church in Milagiriya in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It is considered one of the oldest Anglican churches in the Colombo area. History On the site where present …
Old Marketing Development Building (Photo credit: Google Street View) The Old Marketing Development Building (Sinhala: පැරණි අලෙවි සංවර්ධන ගොඩනැගිල්ල) is located on Chatham Street in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. The 2-storied building is said to ha…
Victoria Memorial Eye Hospital, Colombo (Photo credit: Google Street View) Victoria Memorial Eye Hospital (Sinhala: වික්ටෝරියා අනුස්මරණ ඇස් රෝහල) is an eye hospital located facing the Lipton Circus in Cinnamon Gardens in Colombo, Sri Lanka. His…
Buvanekabahu IV (Sinhala: හතරවන බුවනෙකබාහු රජ) Bhuvanaikabahu IV was the first king of Gampola Kingdom , Sri Lanka from 1341 A.D. to 1351 A.D. (Ray, 1960). He succeeded his father Vijayabahu V (1335-1341 A.D.) of Dambadeniya and was succeeded by…
A Statue of Tara belonging to the 7-8th century is presently preserved in the Hugh Nevill Collection at the British Museum, United Kingdom. Discovered in Sri Lanka, the statue represents the Buddhist goddess Tara in the seated position. Seated Ta…
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