Nilambe Buddhist Meditation Centre
Nilambe Buddhist Meditation Centre (Sinhala: නිල්ලඹ බෞද්ධ භාවනා මධ්‍යස්ථානය) is situated near Galaha in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. It offers regular…
May 2023
Indigolla Church
Indigolla Church (Photo credit: Rukshan Unantenna, Google Street View) St. Jude Thaddaeus Church (Sinhala: ශාන්ත ජූඩ් සිද්ධස්ථානය, ඉඳිගොල්ල) is…
Kadolkele Mangrove Reserve
Kadolkele Mangrove Reserve (Sinhala: කඩොල්කැලේ කඩොලාන රක්ෂිතය) is a small mangrove forest patch located on the right bank of the Northern part of Ne…
Etampitiya Ambalama
Etampitiya Ambalama (Photo credit: Google Street View) The Etampitiya Ambalama (Sinhala: ඇටම්පිටිය අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest in Ettampit…
Padhanaghara in Sri Lanka
Padhanaghara , also known as Pathanagala or Piyangal (Sinhala: පධානඝර), is a type of Buddhist monastery structure constructed in ancient Sri Lank…
Janthaghara in Sri Lanka
Janthaghara (Sinhala: ජන්තාඝර) is a type of Buddhist structure constructed in monasteries in ancient Sri Lanka for the body-wellness of monks. Hi…
Habessa Archaeological Site
Habessa Archaeological Site (Sinhala: හබැස්ස පුරාවිද්‍යා ස්ථානය) is a site with a ruined Buddhist monastery located on the right bank (south bank)…
Billewa Barathanaga Len Viharaya
Billewa Barathanaga Len Viharaya (Sinhala: බිල්ලෑව බරතනාග ලෙන් විහාරය) is a Buddhist cave temple complex situated in Billewa near Thanthirimale Raj…
Senanayaka Mudalindaramaya
Senanayaka Mudalindaramaya (Photo credit: Ishara Dheshan, Google Street View) Senanayaka Mudalindaramaya (Sinhala: සේනානායක මුදලින්දාරාමය) is …
Ramakele Stupa (Sigiriya)
Ramakele Stupa (Photo credit: Artyom Ernst, Google Street View) Ramakele Stupa of Mahanaga Pabbata Viharaya (Sinhala: රාමකැලේ ස්තූපය, මහානාග…
Arippu Fort
Arippu Fort (Sinhala: අරිප්පු බලකොටුව; Tamil: அரிப்புக் கோட்டை) is a small colonial fort situated in Arippu in Mannar District, Sri Lanka. The fort …
Elephant Pass Fort
Elephant Pass Fort (Sinhala: අලිමංකඩ බලකොටුව; Tamil: ஆனையிறவுக் கோட்டை) is a small colonial fort situated on the bank of Jaffna Lagoon near Elephan…
R. C. de S. Manukulasooriya
R. C. de S. Manukulasooriya (Sinhala:ආර්.සී. ද එස්. මනුකුලසූරිය) (1919-2005) was a Sri Lankan scholar and the past President of the Royal Asiatic So…
Ponnalai Varatharaja Perumal Kovil
Not to be confused with Vannai Varatharaja Perumal Kovil Ponnalai Varatharaja Perumal Kovil (Photo credit: Google Street View) Varatharaja Per…
Subramaniam Park
Subramaniam Park , (Tamil: சுப்பிரமணியம் பூங்கா; Sinhala: සුබ්‍රමනියම් උද්‍යානය) is a children's park situated middle of the Jaffna Public Libra…
Jaffna Old Park
Jaffna Old Park , (Sinhala: යාපනය පැරණි උද්‍යානය; Tamil: பழைய பூங்கா) is an urban park situated near Old Kachcheri in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. H…
Mayura Sandeshaya
Mayura Sandeshaya or the Peacock's Message (Sinhala: මයුර සංදේශය) is a Sri Lankan Sandesha Kavya (a standard Sinhalese poem) consisting of 168…
Waskaduwe Subuthi Thera
Ven Waskaduwe Sri Subuthi Thera (Sinhala:වස්කඩුවේ ශ්‍රී සුභූති තෙරණුවෝ) (1835-1917) was a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and scholar. Life events He wa…
Pararajasekara Pillayar Temple (Inuvil)
Pararajasekara Pillayar Temple (Photo credit: Jaffna Biz, Google Street View) Pararajasekara Pillayar Kovil , (Tamil: இணுவில் பரராஜசேகரப்பிள்ளைய…
Sri Lankan Ivories
Ivory Carving was one of the traditional industries (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඇත්දත් කලාව; Tamil: இலங்கையில் தந்த சிற்பக்கலை) that existed in Sri Lan…