Puttalam District

Galge Viharaya (Wilpattu National Park)

Galge Viharaya (2014) G alge Viharaya (Sinhala: විල්පත්තු ගල්ගේ විහාරය නටඹුන්) is a site with the ruins of an ancient Buddhist cave temple loc…

Kudiramalai (Ancient Tambapanni)

Geological Features at Kudiramalai (2006) K udiramalai (Sinhala: කුදිරමලය; Tamil: குதிரைமலை) is a cape and an ancient seaport on the western c…

Kok Mottai Ruins (Wilpattu National Park)

Kok Mottai Ruins (2013) K ok Mottai Ruins (Sinhala: විල්පත්තු කොක්මොටේ නටඹුන්) are situated within the woods of Wilpattu National Park in Putt…

Kuveni Palace (Wilpattu National Park)

Ruins popularly known as the Palace of Kuveni (2013) K uveni Palace or Kuveni Maligawa (Sinhala: විල්පත්තු කුවේණි මාලිගය නටඹුන්) is a site wi…

Veli Vehera (Wilpattu National Park)

Veli Vehera ruins (2017) V eli Vehera (Sinhala: විල්පත්තු වැලි වෙහෙර නටඹුන්) is a site with the ruins of an ancient Buddhist monastery located…

Madampe Thaniwella Devalaya

The Bodhit tree, facade and the white horse on Thaniwalla Devalaya premises T haniwella Devalaya (Sinhala: මාදම්පේ තනිවැල්ල දේව…

Thinapitiya Tempita Viharaya

Thinapitiya Tempita Viharaya (Sinhala: මාදම්පේ තිණපිටිය ටැම්පිට විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple in Puttalam District, Sri Lanka. It is situated at the…

Wilandagoda Aranya

Wilandagoda Aranya , also known as Virandagoda Archaeological site (Sinhala: විරන්දගොඩ, විලඳගොඩ පුරාවිද්‍යා ස්ථානය), is a ruined Buddhist cave templ…

Norochcholai Coal Power Plant

Norochcholai Coal Power Plant , formally known as Lakvijaya Power Station (Sinhala: නොරොච්චෝලෙ ගල් අඟුරු බලාගාරය, ලක් විජය බලාගාරය; Tamil: நுரைச்ச…

Mundel Lagoon

View of Mundel Lake M undel Lake or Mundalama Wewa (Sinhala: මුන්දලම වැව; Tamil: முந்தல் குடா) is a shallow brackish water lago…

Baththalangunduwa Island

Baththalangunduwa Island B aththalangunduwa (Sinhala: බත්තලංගුණ්ඩුව) is an elongated sandy island located in Portugal Bay in Put…

Munneswaram Temple (Chilaw)

Munneswaram Temple M unneswaram Temple , also known as Vadivambiga Sametha Munna Nathaswamy Temple (Tamil: முன்னேசுவரம் கோயில்;…

Anawilundawa Wetland

The Anawilundawa Wetand Sanctuary (Sinhala: ආනවිළුන්දාව තෙත්බිම) is one of the Sanctuaries in Sri Lanka . It is situated between the coast and the …

Tabbowa Wewa

Tabbowa Wewa T abbowa Wewa (Sinhala: තබ්බෝව වැව) is a reservoir situated in Puttalam District, Sri Lanka.

Paramakanda Raja Maha Viharaya

Paramakanda Viharaya P aramakanda Viharaya , ancient Acchagiritissa-pabbata Viharaya (Sinhala: පරමාකන්ද විහාරය) is a Buddhist te…

Kalpitiya Fort

Kalpitiya Fort is an old Dutch fort situated in Kalpitiya, Puttalam District, Sri Lanka. History The history of the Kalpitiya Fort runs back…