The Bandaraduwa Megalithic Cemetery is an ancient pre-historic burial site located in the village of Bandaraduwa in Ampara District, Sri Lanka. This historical site is characterized by a significant number of cist burials.
The Vijayapura Amblama is a square structure with short walls. These walls serve as benches as well. Two openings in the front and rear serve as entrances. Four pillars on the corners support the roof. The complete structure is built of brick and mortar and lacks any artistic value. This ambalama primarily serves as a gathering place for the villagers.
Kumana National Park lies on the southeast coast in the Eastern province and is well known as a nesting site for various species of herons, storks pelicans and a host of other water birds.
What is visible above ground are broken pillar stumps from what appears to be two ancient buildings. a partially covered asana or flower altar and some unspecified stonework. However, the most interesting artefact found at this site is the top part of a broken pillar. The sump is with the pillar head carved from the same stone.
R L. Brohier has mentioned that there are legends that King Kavantissa (205-161 BC) stayed in this area on his way of pilgrimage to Seruvila from Magampura and has made his son Saddhatissa to stay at Dighawewa. Accordingly, it can safely assume that Digawewa would have been in existence even before the 2nd-3rd century BC. However it is not mentioned when Diga wewa was last used for human use.
Hidden deep in the jungle of Ampara off the remote village of Bandaraduwa lies the ruins known as Weheragodella (Veheragodella). The site is rocky surface near the ancient Nawagiriyawa reservoir. The rock plain of Weheragodella is scattered with stone remains of a building. More ruins may lie beneath the surface.
These Buddhist Archaeology Ruins lies on number of rocky outcrop amidst vast paddy fields of Aligambai. These ruins are spread over an vast area covering several rock surfaces all lying in a cluster. Remains of at least 2 stupas are seen on 2 rocks now almost completely destroyed.
The people living in Aligambai belong to a special indigenous group of gypsies who used to have their ways and life styles and speak a different language from the rest of the larger community. These Buddhist Archaeology Ruins lies on a rocky outcrop amidst vast paddy fields of Aligambai.
Niyadawaragala is an rocky outcrop with ancient Buddhist ruins bordering Mundeni Aru in Mahaoya. The ruins surrounding this rock was declared as a protected archaeological site by the Government in 2014.
The Kongala rock where ruins are found is 285 ft. in height. Four dilapidated stupas are seen on the four rocky hillocks. All the ruins in this complex are vandalised and destroyed by treasure hunters.
On the rocky outcrops close to pond knowns as Nelumpath Pokuna inside the Kumana National Park are a few stupas, now vandalised and destroyed by treasure hunters and some other ruins such as stone pillars, foundations and brick walls.
A jeep track exists upto Kiripokuna and rest of the path to Kiripokunahela is a 1.5 km trek through the elephant infested jungle. Kiripokuna is a canoe shaped natural pond about 4 meters long along a rock surface.
Ampara Pulukunava Asanaghara, caves and ancient ruins lies at the boundary of the Galoya scheme on the Ampara – Mahiyangana road is on a large forested hill.
The extensive ruins at Bambaragasthalawa consist of several caves with drip ledges hewn on the brow of the entrance. According to a pre-christian cave inscription on one of the caves, its original name has been Nakapavatha. Therefore Nicholas has been concluded that this monastery is probably the Naga Pabbata Viharaya built by King Gotabhaya, ruler of the Rohana kingdom very early in the 2nd century BCE.
Kudumbigala Monastery built in 246 BC built during the time of King Devanampiyatissa, lies eleven miles from Panama and seventeen miles away from the Kumana Village.
Mahaoya Hot Springs is said to be the hottest spring of all the hot springs on Sri Lanka. Here you will find well maintained 7 wells with different temperatures.
The Lahugala Kitulana National Park lies in the eastern boarders of Sri Lanka is most popular for its free roaming Elephants and the abundance of local and migratory birds.
Nuwaragala, once the kingdom of Saddatissa, brother of King Dutugemunu, still boasts of ruins of an old castle and a rock pool built on top of the mountain.
Serupitiya is a small agricultural village lying in Dehiattakandiya. Archaeological ruins in side the Sri Chandimarama Purana Viharaya in Seupitiya has been declared as protected archaeological site in 2014.
Pollebedda is a remote village in Mahaoya found on the way to Rambakan Oya Reservoir, home to one of the few surviving tribes of Aborigines (Vedda’s). All the Vedda tribes believe that they decent from the lineage of Queen Kuveni of Yaksha tribe who lived in Sri Lanka when prince Vijaya of India landed in the country in 5th century BC.
