Kurullangala | Largest Rock Art Collection in Sri Lanka
Kurullangala or Kurullanne-Lena (Sinhala: කුරුල්ලන්ගල), is a site with the remains of prehistoric rock art located in the mountain range of Punag…
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National Art Gallery, Sri Lanka
The National Art Gallery (Sinhala: Jathika Kala Bhavana ) (Sinhala: ජාතික කලා භවන) is located in Cinnamon Gardens in Colombo District, Sri Lanka…
J.D.A. Perera
J.D.A. Perera (1897-1967) (Sinhala: ජේ.ඩී.ඒ. පෙරේරා) was a well-known Sri Lankan portrait painter and teacher of art (Gunawardena, 2003). Life ev…
Mudalidu Amarasekara
Mudaliyar Abraham Christopher Gregory Sooriarachchi Amarasekara or A.C.G.S. Amarasekara (1883-1983) (Sinhala: මුදළිඳු ඒ සී ජී එස් අමරසේකර) was a w…
Stanley Abeysinghe
Stanley Abeysinghe (1914-1995) (Sinhala: ස්ටැන්ලි අබේසිංහ) was a well-known Sri Lankan painter. Life events Stanley Abeysinghe was born on 26 …
Sri Subodharama Raja Maha Viharaya
Sri Subodharama Raja Maha Viharaya S ri Subodharama Raja Maha Viharaya , also known as Karagampitiya Viharaya (Sinhala: කරගම්පිට…
Statue of Tara (British Museum) | Lost Treasure for Sri Lanka
The Statue of Tara Devi (Sinhala: තාරා දේවි ප්රථිමාව, බ්රිතාන්ය කෞතුකාගාරය; Tamil: தாரா சிலை) is an 8th-century gilt-bronze sculpture of the go…
Maradana Railway Station
Maradana Railway Station (Sinhala: මරදාන දුම්රිය ස්ථානය) is considered one of the earliest railway stations and primary rail gateways in Sri Lanka…
Wales Park (Kandy)
The Royal Palace Park , also known as Wales Park or Wace Park (Sinhala: වේල්ස් උද්යානය), is a small urban and recreational park situated on the…
Degaldoruwa Raja Maha Viharaya
Degaldoruwa Raja Maha Viharaya (also known as Degaldoruwa cave temple ) (Sinhala: දෙගල්දෝරුව රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Amunug…
Vandalism of Dutch Mural Art Project at Kathaluwa Viharaya
As the invitation of Ven. Kalyanitissa Thera, the incumbent of Kathaluwa Giniwella Nawamuni Se Viharaya in Sri Lanka, three Dutch artists namely, N…
Galway's Land National Park
Galway's Land National Park (Sinhala: ගැල්වේස්ලන්ඩ් ජාතික වනෝද්යානය; Tamil: கல்வே நில தேசிய வனம்) is a national park situated in Nuwara Eliya …
Ravana Ella Purana Viharaya
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…
Ivan Peries
Ivan Peries (1921-1988) (Sinhala: අයිවන් පීරිස්) was a well-known Sri Lankan painter. Life events Ivan Peries was born on 31 July 1921 in Dehiw…
Martin Wickramasinghe
Martin Wickramasinghe (Sinhala: මාර්ටින් වික්රමසිංහ; Tamil: மார்ட்டின் விக்கிரமசிங்க) (1890-1976) was a Sri Lankan novelist, short-story writer, c…