October 2022

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…

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. Histor…

Ratnapura Old Fountain

Ratnapura Old Fountain R atnapura Old Fountain (Sinhala: රත්නපුර පැරණි වතුර මල) is a water spout located on the premises of Maha…

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 ere…

Kurunegala Clock Tower

The Kurunegala Clock Tower (Sinhala: කුරුණෑගල ඔරලෝසු කණුව; Tamil: குருணாகல் மணிக்கூட்டுக் கோபுரம்) is located in the middle of Kurunegala town, Sr…

Sri Lanka Thriposha Program

The Thriposha Program (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා ත්‍රිපෝෂ වැඩසටහන) is the first comprehensive island-wide nutrition supplementary food program carried out…

Tangalle Fort

Tangalle Fort (Sinhala: තංගල්ල බලකොටුව; Tamil: தங்காலைக் கோட்டை) is a small Dutch fort situated near the Christ Church in Tangalle in Hambantota Di…

Dombagammana Ambalama

Dombagammana Ambalama (Sinhala: පූජාපිටිය දොඹගම්මන අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated near Pujapitiya town in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. Amb…

Wales Park (Kandy)

The Royal Palace Park , also known as  Wales Park  or Wace Park (Sinhala: වේල්ස් උද්‍යානය), is a small urban and recreational park situated on the…

The Kandy House (Amunugama Walawwa)

The Kandy House , also known as Amunugama Walawwa (Sinhala: අමුණුගම වලව්ව), is a star-class boutique hotel located in Gunnepana in Kandy District, …

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 …

Kirioruwa Ambalama

Kirioruwa Ambalama (Sinhala: කිරිඔරුව අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Kirioruwa in Badulla District, Sri Lanka.  Ambalama Ambal…

Uduwaka Ambalama (Matara)

Matara Uduwaka Ambalama (Photo credit: Google Street View) Uduwaka Ambalama (Sinhala: මාතර උඩුවක අම්බලම) is a wayside rest located on Uduwaka-Te…

Wahalkada Wewa

Wahalkada Wewa W ahalkada Wewa (Sinhala: වාහල්කඩ වැව) is a shallow reservoir situated west of Yan Oya Reservoir in Anuradhapura …

Pottuvil Lagoon

Pottuvil Lagoon (Sinhala: පොතුවිල් කලපුව) is a shallow brackish water coastal lagoon located in Ampara District, Sri Lanka. Physical, ecological f…

Etakada Tamil Inscription

The Etakada Tamil Pillar Inscription Atakada is one of the Tamil Inscriptions in Sri Lanka . Discovery The pillar containing the inscription was dis…

Monica Ruwanpathirana

Monica Ruwanpathirana (Sinhala: මොනිකා රුවන්පතිරණ) (1946-2004) was a Sri Lankan poet and short story writer (Gunawardena, 2003) . She is considered…

Wesley College (Colombo)

Wesley College (Sinhala: කොළඹ වෙස්ලි විද්‍යාලය; Tamil: உவெசுலி கல்லூரி, கொழும்பு) is a semi-government boys' school situated in Welikada in Colo…

Christian Reformed Church (Bambalapitiya)

Bambalapitiya Christian Reformed Church (Photo credit: Google Street View) Christian Reformed Church (Sinhala: ක්‍රිස්තියානි රෙපරමාදු දේවස්ථානය)…

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 conside…

Victoria Memorial Eye Hospital (Colombo)

Victoria Memorial Eye Hospital, Colombo (Photo credit: Google Street View) Victoria Memorial Eye Hospital  (Sinhala: වික්ටෝරියා අනුස්මරණ ඇස් රෝහල…

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. (Ra…

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. Discove…