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Divurumwela Raja Maha Viharaya D ivurumwela Raja Maha Viharaya , some called Divurumpola Temple (Sinhala: දිවුරුම්වෙල විහාරය, දිවුරුම්පොල විහ…

Gurulupotha Archaeological Site G urulupotha Archaeological Site , also known as Gurulupotha Sita Kotuwa or Gurulupotha Padhanaghara Piriven V…

Shri Bhakta Hanuman Kovil (Sinhala: රම්බොඩ හනුමාන් කෝවිල) is a Hindu temple situated in Tawalantenne near Ramboda town in Nuwara Eliya District, Sr…

Seetha Amman Temple (Tamil: சீதா அம்மன் கோயில், Sinhala: සීතා අම්මාන් කෝවිල) is a Hindu temple (Kovil) in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. The Kovil is si…

Lakegala (Sinhala: ලකේගල) is a conical-shaped mountain located near Meemure village in Matale District, Sri Lanka. The conical-shaped mountain ri…

Ivory Carving was one of the traditional industries  (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඇත්දත් කලාව; Tamil: இலங்கையில் தந்த சிற்பக்கலை) that existed in Sri Lan…

Kanniya Hot Springs K anniya Thermal Springs or Kanniya Hot Water Wells (Sinhala: කන්නියා උණුදිය ලිං; Tamil: கன்னியா வெந்நீரூற்று) are locate…

Ussangoda (Sinhala: උස්සන්ගොඩ) is one of the six serpentinite sites in Sri Lanka ( Weerasinghe & Iqbal, 2011 ). Situated in the geological bou…

Manawela Ella Falls , also known as Mana Falls (Sinhala: මානාවෙල ඇල්ල), is a 22 m high waterfall situated near Uva Paranagama in Badulla District, …

Not to be confused with Yahangala Viharaya Yahangala (lit: Bed-rock mountain; Sinhala: යහන්ගල) is a mountain located to the east of the Knuckles M…

Not to be confused with Ravan Ella Falls Ravana Ella Falls (Sinhala: රාවණා ඇල්ල; Tamil: இராவணன் அருவி) Rawana Ella Falls is a waterfall located o…

Karandagolla Cave or Nil Diya Pokuna (Sinhala: නිල් දිය පොකුණ) (lit: Blue Water Pond) is a tunnel and an underground cave with a pond located i…

Photo credit: Google Street View Sri Gayathri Peedam , also known as Gayatri Kovil  or Sri Lankatheeswarar Temple (Sinhala: නුවර එළිය ගයත්‍රී ක…

Totapolakanda , also known as Thotupolakanda (Sinhala: තොටුපොල කන්ද), is the third tallest mountain in Sri Lanka. Situated in Nuwara Eliya District…

Ravana Ella Purana Viharaya , also known as Ravana Ella Cave temple (Sinhala: රාවණා ඇල්ල විහාරය හා ගුහාව), is a Buddhist temple situated in the v…

Hakgala  (Sinhala: හක්ගල කන්ද), is the eighth tallest mountain in Sri Lanka. Situated on the boundary of Nuwara Eliya and Badulla districts, the mou…

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

Nilavarai Well N ilavarai Well (Sinhala: නිලාවරේ ළිඳ හා පුරාවිද්‍යා නටඹුන්) is an old underground water well located in Navakki…

Devinuwara Upulvan Devalaya also known as  Devinuwara Vishnu Devalaya  or Tenavaram Temple by Tamils (Sinhala: දෙවිනුවර උපුල්වන් දේවාලය) is a De…