Maha Elagamuwa Ambalama (Sinhala: මහ ඇලගමුව අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest or probably a preaching hall situated in Alagamuwa village near Kekirawa in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. Ambalama Ambalamas are traditional resting places bu…
Maha Elagamuwa Viharaya (Sinhala: මහ ඇලගමුව විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Alagamuwa village near Kekirawa in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. History Although there is no conclusive evidence, this temple is believed to have been establi…
Kalagam Vehera or Gal Anda Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: පුරාණ කලාගම් වෙහෙර, ගල් ඇඳ රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Halmillawetiya village near Kebitigollewa in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. History This temple has been identifie…
Debara Wewa (Photo credit: Kawindu Edirisooriya, Google Street View) Debara Wewa (Sinhala: තිස්සමහාරාම දෙබර වැව) is an irrigation tank situated near Tissa Wewa in Tissamaharama in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. History The ruined tank w…
Padikemgala Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: පඩිකෙම්ගල රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Suriyawewa near Mahagalwewa Reservoir in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. History This temple is believed to have been built during the reign of Mahan…
The Tomb of Andare (Sinhala: අන්දරේගේ සොහොන) is situated in Koholankala in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. Andare is a legendary jester in the royal court of King Rajadhi Rajasinha (1781-1798 A.D.) of Kandy (Abeyawardana, 2004). Born in Southern…
Pussadeva Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: ඵුස්සදේව රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Koholankala in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. Locals link the history of this temple to Phussadeva, one of the ten paladins of King Dutugemunu (161-137…
The Magam Ruhunupura International Conference Hall , also known as MRICH (Sinhala: මාගම් රුහුණුපුර ජාත්‍යාන්තර සම්මන්ත්‍රණ ශාලාව) is a convention centre located in Siribopura in Hambantota, Sri Lanka. It is considered the country's second in…
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 Ancient City of Polonnaruwa , Sri Lanka. Presently, only the bare outlines of the ground plan of this S…
Priti Danaka Mandapaya (Sinhala: පොළොන්නරුව ප්‍රීති දානක මණ්ඩපය සහ සෙල්ලිපිය is a ruined pavilion situated on the wayside of the Minneriya-Topawewa road near the Visnu Devale No. 3 in the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa , Sri Lanka. It is a rectang…
The dilapidated Stupa mound at Rankethgama (Photo credit: Google Street View) Rankethgama Archaeological Site (Sinhala: රන්කෙත්ගම පුරාවිද්‍යා ස්ථානය) is situated in Rankethgama village in Vavunia District, Sri Lanka. The site consists of a lar…
Sapumalgaskada Buddhist Monastery (Photo credit: Nuwan Jude Liyanage, Google Street View) Sapumalgaskada Archaeological Site (Sinhala: සපුමල්ගස්කඩ පුරාවිද්‍යා ස්ථානය) is situated in the dense woods of Periyakattikulam forest near Bogaswewa vill…
Kimbulagala Rock (Photo credit: Daya Kathir, Google Street View) Kimbulagala Rock Archaeological Site (Sinhala: කිඹුලාගල පුරාවිද්‍යා ස්ථානය) is situated on the wayside of the Mamaduwa-Mahakachchakodiya road in Nandimithra village near Erupotana…
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 , Sri Lanka. Two other shrines dedicated to God Ganapathi ( Kali Devale ) and God Visnu ( Visnu Deval…
Sangamankanda Lighthouse (Photo credit: Charal Tamizhi, Google Street View) Sangamankanda Lighthouse (Sinhala: සංගමන්කන්ද ප්‍රදීපාගාරය) is an abandoned lighthouse located near the most eastern point in Sri Lanka. The lighthouse is said to have…
Gurulupota Archaeological Site (Photo credit: Aravindth Thiruchchelvam, Google Street View) Gurulupotha Archaeological Site , also known as Gurulupotha Sita Kotuwa or Gurulupotha Padhanaghara Piriven Viharaya (Sinhala: ගුරුළුපොත පුරාවිද්‍යා ස්…
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 Parakrama Samudraya Reservoir in the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa , Sri Lanka. History The con…
Mahatittha (Sinhala: මහාතිත්ථ) is an ancient port site situated in present Mantai (Tamil: மாந்தை) in Mannar District, Sri Lanka. It is considered one of the rare, surviving and clearly identified urban and port centres of the Anuradhapura Period …
The Kalinga Park Stone Seat Inscription of King Nissankamalla (Sinhala: නිශ්ශංකමල්ල රජුගේ කලා ක්‍රීඩා විනෝද මණ්ඩප ගල් ආසන ලිපිය) is presently placed near the Council Chamber Building within the premises of Dipa Uyana in Polonnaruwa Ancient C…
The ruins of the Palace or Audience Hall of King Nissankamalla (Sinhala: නිස්සංකමල්ල රජ මාළිගය හෝ සභා ශාලාව) is located near the Council Chamber Building within the premises of Dipa Uyana in Polonnaruwa Ancient City , Sri Lanka. History This la…
Not to be confused with Magul Maha Viharaya (Lahugala) Magul Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: යාල මගුල් මහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Yala National Park in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. History The history of Magul Maha Viharaya runs…
The Alawala Amuna Rock Inscription (Sinhala: අලවල අමුණ ගිරි ලිපිය) is found engraved on a rock by the side of the Kospotu Oya stream of Deduru Oya River close to the Alawala Amuna dam at Alawala village in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. It has b…
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