Padavigampola Gal Messa
Padavigampola Gal Messa or Padavigampola Stone Canopy (Sinhala: පදවිගම්පොල ගල් මැස්ස) is a dolmen located in Padavigampola village in Kegalle Dist…
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Madol (Tree)
Garcinia echinocarpa is a plant endemic to the island of Sri Lanka. It grows as a tree of about 25 ft. high and has stilt air roots as in mangroves …
Sundaramurti Swami (Colombo National Museum)
The bronze representing Sundaramurti Swami (or Chuntaramurtti Swami ) (Sinhala: සුන්දරමූර්තිස්වාමි; Tamil: சுந்தரமூர்த்தி) is presently on display…
Makulu (Tree)
Hydnocarpus venenata is a plant endemic to the island of Sri Lanka. It grows as a tree of about 35 ft. high and produces timber that can be used in …
Rivers of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's Rivers (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ගංගා; Tamil: இலங்கையின் ஆறுகள்) rise from the country's inland regions such as the Central Highla…
E Peththa (Tree)
Cyathocalyx zeylanicus is an evergreen plant endemic to the island of Sri Lanka. It grows as a tree of about 70 ft. high (Worthington, 1959). The ba…