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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 meditation courses that need to be booked in advance (Dhammika, 2008). History A group of elders su…

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Indigolla Church

Indigolla Church (Photo credit: Rukshan Unantenna, Google Street View) St. Jude Thaddaeus Church (Sinhala: ශාන්ත ජූඩ් සිද්ධස්ථානය, ඉඳිගොල්ල) is situated in Indigolla village in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. The shrine is dedicated to Saint Jude…

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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 Negombo Estuary in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. It belongs to the National Aquatic Resources Research …

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Padhanaghara in Sri Lanka

Padhanaghara , also known as  Pathanagala  or Piyangal (Sinhala: පධානඝර), is a type of Buddhist monastery structure constructed in ancient Sri Lanka for meditating monks. History The word Padhanaghara is constructed by combining two Pali words P…

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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.   History Buddhism has mainly concentrated on the physical and mental well-being of all living beings.  …

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Senanayaka Mudalindaramaya

Senanayaka Mudalindaramaya (Photo credit: Ishara Dheshan, Google Street View) Senanayaka Mudalindaramaya (Sinhala: සේනානායක මුදලින්දාරාමය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Pirisyala village in Ambepussa in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. The tem…

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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 was first erected by the Portuguese and taken over by the Dutch in 1658 (Pushparatnam, 2014). Robert…

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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 Society of Sri Lanka. Life events Born in 1919 to a family in Ambalangoda in Galle, Manukulasooriya h…

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Ponnalai Varatharaja Perumal Kovil

Not to be confused with Vannai Varatharaja Perumal Kovil Ponnalai Varatharaja Perumal Kovil (Photo credit: Google Street View) Varatharaja Perumal Kovil , (Tamil: பொன்னாலை வரதராஜப்பெருமாள் கோயில்; Sinhala: පොන්නාලෙයි වරදරාජ පෙරුමාල් කෝවිල) is…

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Subramaniam Park

Subramaniam Park , (Tamil: சுப்பிரமணியம் பூங்கா; Sinhala: සුබ්‍රමනියම් උද්‍යානය) is a children's park situated middle of the Jaffna Public Library and the St. Peter's Methodist Church in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. History The park was e…

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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. History The history of Old Park is associated with Percival Ackland Dyke (1805-1867 A.D.) who was app…

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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 stanzas composed after the model of Meghaduta of Kalidasa (Wikramasinghe, 1900). Written during the…

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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 was born in Thotamuna in Waskaduwa village in 1935 as the youngest child of a family of seven children…

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Pararajasekara Pillayar Temple (Inuvil)

Pararajasekara Pillayar Temple (Photo credit: Jaffna Biz, Google Street View) Pararajasekara Pillayar Kovil , (Tamil: இணுவில் பரராஜசேகரப்பிள்ளையார் கோவில்; Sinhala: ඉනුවිල් පරරාජසේකර පුල්ලෙයාර් කෝවිල) is a Hindu temple situated in Inuvil in Jaf…

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Sri Lankan Ivories

Ivory Carving was one of the traditional industries  (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඇත්දත් කලාව; Tamil: இலங்கையில் தந்த சிற்பக்கலை) that existed in Sri Lanka from ancient times to the recent past. History Ivory was utilized by Sri Lankan craftsmen since …

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