Sapugahadola Ella Falls
Sapugahadola Ella Falls (Sinhala: සපුගහ දොල ඇල්ල) is a waterfall located in Warapitiya in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. The fall cascades in two …
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Thaliya Wetuna Ella Falls
Thaliya Wetuna Ella Falls (Sinhala: තලිය වැටුණු ඇල්ල) is a waterfall located in Panwila Divisional Secretariat in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. The fa…
Kasagala Purana Viharaya (Kumbukgete)
Not to be confused with Kasagala Purana Viharaya (Angunukolapelessa) K asagala Purana Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: කුඹුක්ගැටේ කසාගල පුරාණ රජ මහා වි…
Murunkan Inscription of King Mahallaka Naga
The Murunkan Slab Inscription of King Mahallaka Naga (Sinhala: මන්නාරම මුරුංගන් රෝහල් භූමියේ මහල්ලක නාග රජුගේ පුවරු ලිපිය) is presently on the prem…
Ginikarawa Viharaya
Ginikarawa Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: ගිණිකරාව රජ මහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Ginikarawa village in Kurunegala District, Sri Lank…
Gorakana Gal Kanuwa Junction Inscription
Gorakana Gal Kanuwa Junction Inscription (Photo credit: Google Street View) The Gorakana Gal Kanuwa Junction Slab Inscription (Sinhala: ගොරකාන ගල…
Vidyodaya Pirivena (Maligakanda)
Vidyodaya Pirivena (Sinhala: මාළිගාකන්ද විද්‍යෝදය පිරිවෙණ) is a Buddhist Pirivena (a monastic college for the education of Buddhist monks) located …
Mahabodhi Agrasrawaka Maha Viharaya
Mahabodhi Agrasrawaka Viharaya (Sinhala: මහාබෝධි අග්‍රශ්‍රාවක විහාරය, මාළිගාකන්ද) is a Buddhist temple located in front of the Vidyodaya Pirivena …
Old Milestones on Sri Lankan Roads
Figure 1: 1st Milestone, Galle Road (Photo credit: Google Street View) Several old milestones erected during the British colonial period are found …
Royal Colombo Golf Club and Course
Royal Colombo Golf Club (Sinhala: කොළඹ රාජකීය ගෝල්ෆ් සමාජය සහ පිටිය) is one of the oldest Golf Clubs in Sri Lanka. Its course is situated adjacen…
Lawyers' Building (Kandy)
The Kandy Lawyers' Building is located on Deva Veediya near St. Paul's Church in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The Building The building has been …
Yodha Wewa (Tissamaharama)
Not to be confused with Yodha Wewa (Mannar) Yodha Wewa (Photo credit: Google Street View) Yodha Wewa , also known as Yodha Kandiya Wewa (lit…
Padikema Patanangala Archaeological Ruins
There are ruins of ancient structures on the rock group presently known as Padikema-Patanangala (Sinhala: යාල පඩිකෙම-පතනන්ගල නටඹුන්) in the Yala Na…
Naga Maha Viharaya
Naga Maha Viharaya , also known as Mahagamanaga Viharaya or Mahanaga Viharaya (Sinhala: නාග මහා විහාරය), is a Buddhist temple situated near Yodhakand…
Pashchimarama Viharaya
Pashchimarama Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: පස්චිමාරාම රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated on the bank of Kirindi Oya in Debarawewa village …
Uddhakandara Viharaya
Uddhakandara Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: උද්ධකන්දර විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated near Yodhakandiya Wewa in Tissamaharama in Hambantota Dis…
Ridiyagama Safari Park
Ridiyagama Safari Park (Sinhala: රිදියගම සෆාරි උද්‍යානය) is a safari park in Ridiyagama in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. Maintained by the Departm…
St. James' Church (Gurunagar)
St. James' Church is a church in Gurunagar in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. The history of this place runs back to the 19th century. The foundat…
Nataraja (Siva Devale No. 5), Polonnaruwa Museum
A bronze representing Nataraja in his cosmic dance is presently on display at Polonnaruwa Museum , Sri Lanka. It was discovered in the precinct of …
Handagala Kanda Viharaya
Handagala Kanda Viharaya (Photo credit: Dishan Danushka Ekanayaka, Google Street View) Handagala Kanda Viharaya (Sinhala: හඳගලකන්ද පුරාණ ගල්ලෙන් …
Wilandagoda Aranya
Wilandagoda Aranya , also known as Virandagoda Archaeological site (Sinhala: විරන්දගොඩ, විලඳගොඩ පුරාවිද්‍යා ස්ථානය), is a ruined Buddhist cave templ…
Polonnaruwa Museum
Polonnaruwa Museum P olonnaruwa Museum (Sinhala: පොළොන්නරුව කෞතුකාගාරය), Sri Lanka is one of the Museums Administered by the Ce…
Kandy Mampitiya Walawwa
Mampitiya Walawwa (Photo credit: Google Street View) Mampitiya Walawwa (Sinhala: නුවර මාම්පිටිය වලව්ව) is an old manor house located on the Raja V…
Pattiyawatta Ambalama
Pattiyawatta Ambalama (Photo credit: Google Street View) Pattiyawatta Ambalama (Sinhala: පට්ටියවත්ත අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Ud…
Kottunna Ambalama
Kottunna Ambalama (Photo credit: Google Street View) Kottunna Ambalama (Sinhala: බියගම කොට්ටුන්න අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Biyag…
Gonawatta Ancient Caves
Gonawatta Ancient Caves (Sinhala: ගෝණවත්ත පුරාණ ලෙන්) are located on the hills near Gurudeniya in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. History As is eviden…