Sellawali Viharaya (Photo credit: U Edg3, Google Street View) Sellawali Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: සෙල්ලාවලී රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Halloluwa village in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. History The temple, according to a…
Katarangala Viharaya (Photo credit: U Edg3, Google Street View) Katarangala Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: කටාරංගල රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Halloluwa in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. History The Brahmi inscriptions indicati…
Godamunna Ambalama (Photo credit: Google Street View) Godamunna Ambalama (Sinhala: ගොඩමුන්න අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Godamunna village in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. The Godamunna Elle Oya Ambalama built in 1930 is located nea…
Naga Vimana Kande Viharaya , also known as Naga Vimanaya (Sinhala: නාග විමානය, නාගවිමාන කන්දේ විහාරය), is a small Buddhist temple situated near the Malwathu Maha Viharaya in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. History The temple is believed to have be…
A bronze representing Nataraja in his cosmic dance is presently on display in the Gallery of Polonnaruwa Period at Colombo National Museum , Sri Lanka. It was discovered in the precinct of Siva Devale No. 1 in the Polonnaruwa Ancient City (C…
A bronze representing Siva in Tribhanga posture is presently on display in the Gallery of Polonnaruwa Period at the Colombo National Museum , Sri Lanka. Discovered in 1908 in the precinct of Siva Devale No 5 in the Polonnaruwa Ancient City ,…
Kasuprad Parivena (Sinhala: කසුප්රද් පරිවෙන) Kasuprad Pirivena is a ruined monastery complex situated in the Polonnaruwa Ancient City , Sri Lanka. History Located between Rankoth Vehera and Menik Vehera monasteries, this ruined site is suppose…
A bronze representing Nataraja is presently on display in the Gallery of Polonnaruwa Period at Colombo National Museum , Sri Lanka. It was discovered in 1908 in the precinct of Siva Devale No. 5 in the Polonnaruwa Ancient City (Chutiwongs et…
A bronze representing Siva & Parvati in the standing posture of Tribhanga is presently on display in the Gallery of Polonnaruwa Period at Colombo National Museum , Sri Lanka. It was discovered from the premises of Siva Devale No 1 in the …
A bronze representing Siva & Parvati in their formal posture enthroned like a king and queen is presently on display in the Gallery of Polonnaruwa Period at Colombo National Museum , Sri Lanka. Discovered in 1908 from Siva Devale No 1 in the…
Abhayagiriya Museum (Photo credit: Ayoma Wijethunga, Google Street View) The Abhayagiriya Museum (Sinhala: අභයගිරිය කෞතුකාගාරය), Sri Lanka is one of the Museums Administered by the Central Cultural Fund . It has been established on a premise l…
A bronze representing Parvati in the seated position is presently on display in the Gallery of Polonnaruwa Period at Colombo National Museum , Sri Lanka. Discovered from a Siva Devale in the Polonnaruwa Ancient City , this was originally part o…
Not to be confused with Ponnalai Varatharaja Perumal Kovil Perumal Kovil (Photo credit: Google Street View) Vannai Sri Venkatesa Varatharaja Perumal Kovil is a Hindu temple situated in Kannathiddy in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. It is dedicate…
Inuvil Kandaswamy Kovil (Tamil: இணுவில் கந்தசாமி கோயில்; Sinhala: ඉනුවිල් කන්දස්වාමි කෝවිල) is a Hindu temple situated in Inuvil in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. It is dedicated to Lord Murugan (or God Kataragama), the War God of the Hindu pantheon.…
Nallur Veeramakali Amman Kovil (Photo credit: Google Street View) Veeramakali Amman Kovil is a Hindu shrine situated in Nallur in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. It is dedicated to Goddess Kali Amman, one of the most venerated deities in the Hindu …
Vannai Vaitheeswaran Temple , also known as Pattinathu and Chettiyar Sivan Kovil (Tamil: வண்ணார்பண்ணை வைத்தீஸ்வரன் கோவில்; Sinhala: වන්නාරපන්නෙයි වයිතීශ්වර කෝවිල) is a Hindu shrine situated in Vannarpannai in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. It is dedic…
Saddanathar Sivan Kovil (Photo credit: Google Street View) Saddanathar Sivan Kovil , also known as Nallai Nathaswamy Kovil (Tamil: நல்லூர் சட்டநாதர் கோயில்; Sinhala: සද්දනාතර් සිව කෝවිල) is a Hindu shrine situated a few yards north of Manthri M…
Tellippalai Kasi Pillaiyar Temple (Photo credit: Google Street View) Kasi Pillaiyar Temple , also known as Kasi Vinayagar Kovil (Tamil: தெல்லிப்பளை காசிப்பிள்ளையார் கோவில்; Sinhala: තෙලිප්පලෙයි කාසි පිල්ලෙයාර් කෝවිල) is a Hindu shrine situate…
The Mahakirindegama Tamil Pillar Inscription is one of the Tamil Inscriptions in Sri Lanka . It was discovered in an old field located nearly a quarter of a mile north of Mahakirindegama Wewa in Mihintale , Anuradhapura District. Content The inscri…
The Hingurakdamana Tamil Pillar Inscription is one of the Tamil Inscriptions in Sri Lanka . It was discovered in a paddy field situated in Hingurakdamana in Polonnaruwa District and first noticed in the Annual Reports of the Archaeological Departme…
Not to be confused with Sandagiri Seya, Tissamaharama and Sandahiru Seya, Anuradhapura Sandagiri Maha Seya (Sinhala: සඳගිරි මහ සෑය) is a modern gigantic Stupa situated on the premises of Sandagiri Maha Viharaya in Hanthana in Kandy District, S…
In 1968, a limestone inscribed in Tamil was discovered paved on the floor in a tea shop called Central Cafe on Main Street in Jaffna (Indrapala, 1971). It was later moved by authorities to the nearby Jaffna Archaeological Museum for conservation. T…
The Abhayagiri Vihara Tamil Inscription is one of the Tamil Inscriptions in Sri Lanka . It was found engraved on a broken stone slab that had been utilized to pave the terrace of the gigantic Abhayagiri Stupa . The slab is roughly two feet long and…
The Mehiella Tamil Inscription Mehiyalla/Mahiyalla is one of the Tamil Inscriptions in Sri Lanka . Discovery The slab containing the inscription was discovered in a place called Mehiella at Mallawapitiya in Kurunegala District (Veluppillai, 1971). …
Sivasubramaniam Pathmanathan or S. Pathmanathan (Tamil: சிவசுப்பிரமணியம் பத்மநாதன்; Sinhala: සිවසුබ්රමනියම් පත්මනාදන්) (1940-) is a Sri Lankan Tamil epigraphist and historian. Life events Pathmanathan was born as the son of Sivasubramaniam and …
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