Mannar District

Thiruketheeswaram Old Survey Tower

Thiruketheeswaram Old Survey Tower T hiruketheeswaram Old Survey Tower (Sinhala: තිරුකෙතීශ්වරම් පැරණි මිනුම් කුළුණ) is a colonial-era survey t…

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 …

Mahatittha (Mantai) | Ancient Port Site

Mahatittha  (Sinhala: මහාතිත්ථ) is an ancient port site situated in present Mantai (Tamil: மாந்தை) in Mannar District, Sri Lanka. It is considered …

Murunkan Inscription of King Mahallaka Naga

The Murunkan Slab Inscription of King Mahallaka Naga (Sinhala: මන්නාරම මුරුංගන් රෝහල් භූමියේ මහල්ලක නාග රජුගේ පුවරු ලිපිය) is presently on the prem…

Jaffna Lagoon

Jaffna Lagoon (Sinhala: යාපනය කලපුව; Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணக் கடல் நீரேரி) is a semi-enclosed shallow water body located in the Northern Province in Sri …

Thekkama Amuna Anicut

Thekkama Amuna across Malwatu Oya T hekkama Amuna (Sinhala: තේක්කම අමුණ; Tamil: Thekkam Anicut ) is an ancient diversion anicut…

Ellupitty Arabic Inscription

Ellupitty Arabic Inscription Elupitiya(Sinhala: එළුපිටිය අරාබි සොහොන්ගල් සෙල්ලිපිය) is one of the Arabic Inscriptions in Sri Lanka . This has bee…

Puliyantivu Arabic Inscription

Puliyantivu Arabic Inscription (Sinhala: පුලියන්තිවු අරාබි සොහොන්ගල් සෙල්ලිපිය) is one of the Arabic Inscriptions in Sri Lanka . It is presently …

Mantai Arabic Inscription

Mantai Arabic Inscription (Sinhala: මාතොට අරාබි සොහොන්ගල් සෙල්ලිපිය) is one of the Arabic Inscriptions in Sri Lanka . It is presently on the dis…

Mala Tara (Colombo National Museum)

The statue of Mala Tara (Sinhala: මාල තාරා) is a 10th-century silver alloyed sculpture of the goddess Tara discovered from Mannar in Sri Lanka. Pre…

Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu (Mannar)

Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu T he Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu (Sinhala: මඩු දේවස්ථානය; Tamil: மடு மரியாள் ஆலயம்) is a Roman Catho…

Mannar Fort

Mannar Fort (Sinhala: මන්නාරම් බලකොටුව; Tamil: மன்னார்க் கோட்டை) is an ancient fort located on the island of Mannar, Sri Lanka. History The …

Doric Bungalow

The Doric Bungalow is a ruined building located about 1.5 km south of Arippu in Mannar District, Sri Lanka. History This building is the hou…

Yodha Wewa (Mannar)

Not to be confused with Yodha Wewa (Tissamaharama) Yodha Wewa (lit: Giant's Tank ) (Sinhala: මන්නාරම යෝධ වැව) is a large irrigation tank si…