Not to be confused with Paravi Duwa (Trincomalee) Paravi Duwa Temple , also known as Uposathaghara Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: මාතර පරවිදූව විහාරය), is a Buddhist temple of the Siam Sect situated on an offshore island called Pigeon Island locat…
Jaffna Public Library (Tamil: யாழ் பொது நூலகம்; Sinhala: යාපනය මහජන පුස්තකාලය) is located near the Ancient Fort in Jaffna , Sri Lanka. History The library was established as the private collection of the scholar K.M. Chellapha, who began lendi…
The World Buddhist Museum (Sinhala: ලෝක බෞද්ධ කෞතුකාගාරය) is one of the Museums in Sri Lanka . It was established in a colonial-era building on the premises of the sacred Temple of the Tooth Relic in Kandy. The museum building, built by the Depa…
Agra Mansion or Karunaratna Walawwa (Sinhala: අග්රා මන්දිරය, කරුණාරත්න වලව්ව) is an old palatial mansion located in Bendiyamulla in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. It is presently used as the Kachcheri (or District Secretariat) of the district. H…
The Avukana Buddha Statue (Sinhala: අවුකන බුද්ධ ප්රථිමාව) is an ancient rock-cut Buddha statue located in the premises of Avukana Raja Maha Viharaya in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. History From the inscriptions found on the premise…
Ranmihithenna National Tele Cinema Park Ranminithenna (Sinhala: රන්මිහිතැන්න ජාතික ටෙලි සිනමා උද්යානය) is a tele-cinema village situated in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. It is the country’s first-ever national tele-cinema park. The foundation s…
The conserved Stupa mound at Uchchavalika Viharaya (Photo credit: Google Street View) Uchchavalika Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: උච්චවාලික රජ මහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple in Bolana in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. It is situated about 2.5 …
Jaffna Cultural Centre , also known as the Saraswathi Mahal (Tamil:யாழ்ப்பாணக் கலாசார மத்திய நிலையம்; Sinhala: යාපනය සංස්කෘතික මධ්යස්ථානය), is a state-owned cultural centre located near Jaffna Public Library Premises in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka…
Liyangastota Amuna (Sinhala: ලියන්ගස්තොට අමුණ), is a diversion weir on Walawe Ganga River located between the margin of Ratnapura and Hambantota Districts, Sri Lanka. Liyangastota Amuna or anicut was built by British administrators in 1889 as a …
Ape Gama (Photo credit: Saranga Thilaksiri, Google Street View) Ape Gama , formerly known as Janakala Kendraya (Sinhala: බත්තරමුල්ල ජන කලා කේන්ද්රය අපේ ගම පරිශ්රය), is a replica of traditional old day Sri Lankan village established near India…
National Sandalwood Garden (Photo credit: Rakshitha Muranga Rodrigo, Google Street View) National Sandalwood Garden , also known as Jathika Sandun Arana (ජාතික සඳුන් අරණ), is an urban park located near the Parliament Building Complex , adjacent…
Diyawanna Oya Wetland , also known as Diyawanna Lake (දියවන්නා ඔය), is an urban wetland located about 11 km away from Colombo in Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, the administrative capital of Sri Lanka. It is one of the most important marshlands that co…
Nilgala Savannah Forest is a savannah-dominated forest located north of Monaragala town in Monaragala District, Sri Lanka. A part of it is a protected forest under the Forest Department, whilst a part is the Gal Oya National Park under the Departm…
The Batik industry in Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාවේ බතික් කර්මාන්තය) is a traditional industry engaging in producing distinctive wall paintings/curtains and garments such as sarees, shirts, sarongs, lungis and beachwear well-suitable for tropic…
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