January 2023

Maha Elagamuwa Ambalama

Maha Elagamuwa Ambalama (Sinhala: මහ ඇලගමුව අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest or probably a preaching hall situated in Alagamuwa village near Kekirawa …

Maha Elagamuwa Viharaya

Maha Elagamuwa Viharaya (Sinhala: මහ ඇලගමුව විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Alagamuwa village near Kekirawa in Anuradhapura District, Sri L…

Kalagam Vehera Viharaya

Kalagam Vehera  or Gal Anda Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: පුරාණ කලාගම් වෙහෙර, ගල් ඇඳ රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Halmillawetiya vi…

Debara Wewa (Tissamaharama)

Debara Wewa (Photo credit: Kawindu Edirisooriya, Google Street View) Debara Wewa (Sinhala: තිස්සමහාරාම දෙබර වැව) is an irrigation tank situated…

Padikemgala Viharaya

Padikemgala Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: පඩිකෙම්ගල රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Suriyawewa near Mahagalwewa Reservoir in Hambanto…

Tomb of Andare, the Court Jester

The Tomb of Andare (Sinhala: අන්දරේගේ සොහොන) is situated in Koholankala in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. Andare is a legendary jester in the roy…

Pussadeva Viharaya

Pussadeva Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: ඵුස්සදේව රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Koholankala in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. Local…

Magam Ruhunupura International Conference Hall

The  Magam Ruhunupura International Conference Hall , also known as MRICH (Sinhala: මාගම් රුහුණුපුර ජාත්‍යාන්තර සම්මන්ත්‍රණ ශාලාව) is a convention…

Polonnaruwa Siva Devale A

Siva Devale A  (Sinhala: ශිව දේවාලය A) is a small ruined Hindu temple situated between the Stupas of Menik Vehera and Rankoth Vehera in the  Anc…

Polonnaruwa Priti Danaka Mandapaya and Inscription

Priti Danaka Mandapaya  (Sinhala: පොළොන්නරුව ප්‍රීති දානක මණ්ඩපය සහ ‌සෙල්ලිපිය) is a ruined pavilion situated on the wayside of the Minneriya-Topawe…

Rankethgama Archaeological Site

The dilapidated Stupa mound at Rankethgama (Photo credit: Google Street View) Rankethgama Archaeological Site (Sinhala: රන්කෙත්ගම පුරාවිද්‍යා ස්…

Sapumalgaskada Buddhist Monastery

Sapumalgaskada Buddhist Monastery (Photo credit: Nuwan Jude Liyanage, Google Street View) Sapumalgaskada Archaeological Site (Sinhala: සපුමල්ගස්…

Polonnaruwa Siva Devale No. 7

Siva Devale No. 7  (Sinhala: ශිව දේවාලය අංක 7) is a small ruined Hindu temple situated near the northern gate of the  Ancient City of Polonnaruwa ,…

Sangamankanda Lighthouse

Sangamankanda Lighthouse (Photo credit: Charal Tamizhi, Google Street View) Sangamankanda Lighthouse (Sinhala: සංගමන්කන්ද ප්‍රදීපාගාරය) is an ab…

Polonnaruwa Siva Devale No. 4

Siva Devale No. 4  (Sinhala: ශිව දේවාලය අංක 4) is a ruined Hindu temple situated on the wayside of the Minneriya-Topawewa road near the bank of Par…

Kalinga Park Seat Inscription of Nissankamalla

The Kalinga Park Stone Seat Inscription of King Nissankamalla (Sinhala: නිශ්ශංකමල්ල රජුගේ කලා ක්‍රීඩා විනෝද මණ්ඩප ගල් ආසන ලිපිය) is presently plac…