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Koch Memorial Clock Tower

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…

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Kandy Clock Tower

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 …

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Ratnapura Old Fountain

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…

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Ratnapura Clock Tower

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…

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Kurunegala Clock Tower

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…

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Sri Lanka Thriposha Program

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…

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Tangalle Fort

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…

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Wales Park

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…

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Dombagammana Ambalama

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…

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Sri Lanka National Flag

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  on a maroon b…

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Kirioruwa Ambalama

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…

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Uduwaka Ambalama (Matara)

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…

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Wahalkada Wewa

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 …

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Pottuvil Lagoon

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…

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Monica Ruwanpathirana

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…

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Wesley College (Colombo)

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…

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Christian Reformed Church (Bambalapitiya)

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…

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St. Paul's Church (Milagiriya)

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 …

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King Buvanekabahu IV of Gampola

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…

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Seated Tara, British Museum

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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