Ampara District

Pannalgama Reservoir

Pannalgama Reservoir P annalgama Tank (or Pannalgama Wewa , Sinhala: පන්නල්ගම වැව) is a reservoir in Ampara District, Sri Lanka.…

Pallang Oya Tank

Pallang Oya Tank (or Jayanthi Wewa) P allang Oya Tank , also known as Jayanthi Wewa (Sinhala: පල්ලන්ඔය වැව, ජයන්ති වැව) is a res…

Panama Wewa

Panama Wewa bund P anama Wewa (Sinhala: පානම වැව) is a reservoir located in Panama in Ampara District, Sri Lanka. The ancient Bu…

Eragama Wewa and Archaeological Ruins

Eragama Wewa E ragama Wewa , also known in Tamil as Irakkamam Kulam (Sinhala: එරගම වැව හා පුරාවිද්‍යා නටඹුන්) is a reservoir in …

Ambalan Oya Reservoir

Ambalan Oya reservoir spill and sluice A mbalan Oya Reservoir (Sinhala: අම්බලන් ඔය ජලාශය) is a reservoir in Ampalathuru village …

Alahena Wewa

Spill of Alahena Wewa A lahena Wewa , also known as Damana Wewa (Sinhala: අලහේන වැව, දමන වැව), is a reservoir situated in Damana…

Uththara Jayamaha Viharaya

Not to be confused with Rekawa Jayamaha Viharaya The Stupa at Uththara Jayamaha Viharaya U ththara Jayamaha Viharaya (Sinhala: …

Nuwaragala Ruins (Ampara)

Nuwaragala (Sinhala: නුවරගල නටඹුන්) is a mountain with archaeological ruins situated southeast of Maha Oya town near Pollebedda village in Ampara D…

Bollegama Raja Maha Viharaya

Bollegama Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: බොල්ලෑගම රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Maha Oya town in Ampara District, Sri Lanka (Withan…

Sangamankanda Lighthouse

Sangamankanda Lighthouse (Photo credit: Charal Tamizhi, Google Street View) Sangamankanda Lighthouse (Sinhala: සංගමන්කන්ද ප්‍රදීපාගාරය) is an ab…

Bandaraduwa Megalithic Cemetery

Bandaraduwa Megalithic Cemetery  (Sinhala: බණ්ඩාරදූව මෙගලිතික සුසාන) is an ancient pre-historic burial site situated in Bandaraduwa village in Ampar…

Aligala Archaeological Ruins (Ampara)

The Aligala Archaeological Site (Sinhala: අම්පාර අලිගල පුරාවිද්‍යා නටඹුන්) is situated towards the west of  Japan Sama Chaitya at the place called…

Pottuvil Lagoon

Pottuvil Lagoon (Sinhala: පොතුවිල් කලපුව) is a shallow brackish water coastal lagoon located in Ampara District, Sri Lanka. Physical, ecological f…

Malayadi Wewa

Malayadi Wewa M alayadi Wewa (or Malayadi Tank , Sinhala: මලයාඩි වැව) is a reservoir situated in Damana village near Hingurana i…

Lahugala Kitulana National Park

Lahugala Kitulana National Park (Sinhala: ලාහුගල-කිතුලාන ජාතික වනෝද්‍යානය) is a national park situated in the basin of the Heda Oya in Eastern Prov…

Niyuguna Kanda Viharaya

Niyuguna Kanda Viharaya , also known as Niyuguna Purana Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: නියුගුණකන්ද විහාරය), is a Buddhist temple situated in Niyuguna…

Dighavapi Archaeological Museum

The Archaeological Museum of Dighavapiya , (Sinhala: දීඝවාපිය පුරාවිද්‍යා කෞතුකාගාරය) Sri Lanka is one of the Regional Museums Administered by the…

Vijayapura Ambalama

Vijayapura Ambalama (Photo credit: Google street view) Vijayapura Ambalama (Sinhala: විජයපුර අම්බලම) is an old wayside rest situated in Vijayap…