May 2023

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…

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 H abessa Archaeological Site (Sinhala: හබැස්ස පුරාවිද්‍යා ස්ථානය) is a site with a ruined Buddhist monastery locat…

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…

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…