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The Maha Ella and Bala Ella are two small waterfalls lying to the more popular Mara Kapu Ella Fall close to Athweltota in Kalutara District.

Uduwawala Ambalama in Katugastota – කටුගස්තොට උඩුවාවල අම්බලම
Uduwawala is small town between Katuagastota and Medawala in the Kandy Distinct. A small ancient Ambalama (wayside rest) lies on the Uduwawala Junction on the Katuagastota - Medawala road partly functioning as a Bus Stop. […]
Gampaha Kehelella Ambalama (ගම්පහ කෙහෙල්ඇල්ල අම්බලම)
This Ambalama at Kehelella is made of brick and mortar. Although this design is not unique in artistic quality, it is unique as an Ambalama, a part of the extended ancient ambalama network across the country and a record of ancient hospitality extended to unknown visitors traveling through the village. […]
Rata Wate – A Road Trip Around Sri Lanka
A dream trip for most travel fans are to travel around Sri Lanka in a single trip using the coastal roads of Sri Lanka. The plan was to travel on roads closest to the coast around the country. […]
Covering Ampara & Trincomalee in Five Days
It was December holidays again we decided to have a family trip and we opted to cover part of the East this time. On a Friday I made some calls to two friends at Ampara and Trinco and got 2 hotels booked. This was intended to be a road trip with time to rest in between. […]
වාහල්කඩ D4 වෙහෙරගල රජමහා විහාරය (Vahalkada D4 Veheragala Rajamaha Viharaya)
වළගම්බා රාජ සමයේදී ඉදිකොටඇතැයි විශ්වාස කෙරෙන මෙම වාහල්කඩ D4 වෙහෙරගල රජමහා විහාරය 2019 වර්ෂයේදී ඉදිකරනලද විහාරස්තානයට පිවිසෙන වාහල්කඩ දොරටුව දක්මෙන්ම මෙය පුරාන විහාරස්ථානයක් බව මාහට හැඟීගියා. විහාරස්ථානයට ඇතුළුවූ පසු නූතන විහාරාංගයන්ගෙන් සමන්විත 'විහාර භූමියක්' දැකගන්නට පුළුවන්. […]
A Two Day Trip With No Destination (හිස හැරුණු අතේ දින 2ක්)
The trip was scheduled with one of my friends from university and usual we planned to have no plan other than the duration this time would be just 2 days. By the end of the 2 days, we had visited 14 places and travelled 900 kilometers […]
Ancient Minipe (Manimekhala) Amuna over Mahaweli – පැරණි මිණිපේ (මනිමේඛලා) අමුණ
The Pabbatahata Ela now identified as the Minipe Canal is the product of the the great reservoir builder, king Mahasen (276-303 CE). According to chronicles he has built 16 large scale reservoirs out of which 8 has been already identified. However the Minipe Dam has been built later by king Aggabodhi I (575-608 CE) […]
Matale Haththota Amuna – මාතලේ හත්තොට අමුණ
Haththota Amuna (Hattota Amuna) is an ancient weir (anicut) with 46 km long feeder channel constructed across the Kalu Ganga, a tributary of Amban Ganga near Pallegama during the reign of Aggabodhi II (608-618 A.C.) […]
Panda Wewa – The First man made Reservoir in the World – ලොව මුල්ම අංග සම්පුර්ණ වැව වන පඬාවැව සහ එහි නටබුණ්
Panda wewa, lying close to the ancient kingdom of Panduwasnuwara is believed to be the oldest man made reservior in the world built by King Panduwasdeva (504-474 BC) in 450 BC for irrigation as well as for daily use by the citizens of Panduwasnuwara. […]
Mangalagama Bodhimalakarama Tampita Viharaya – මංගලගම බෝධිමාලකාරාම ටැම්පිට විහාරය
Mangalagama is an ancient village in Sri Lanka known for 2 landmarks, one is the historic Bodhimalakaramaya Tampita Viharaya and and the other is the Mangalagama Ambalama which lies right next to the road. […]
Wakirigala Abeysundararama Tampita Rajamaha Viharaya – වාකිරිගල අභයසුන්දරාරාම ටැම්පිට රජමහා විහාරය
The history of the Wakirigala Abeysundararama Tampita Viharaya goes back to the time of Polonnaruwa kingdom where prince Vijayabahu fortified himself after failing his first attempt to defeat the Chola invaders from Polonnaruwa […]
Kumbalgama Sri Vishuddharamaya Purana Tampita Viharaya – කුඹල්ගම ශ්‍රී විශුද්ධාරාම පුරාණ ටැම්පිට විහාරය
Unfortunately the base of the Tampita viharaya at Kumbalgama Sri Vishuddharamaya has been filled and the pillars of this structure has been covered during later renovations and now appears as a temple built on a normal foundation. A larger hall has been built surrounding the tampita viharaya making it invisible. […]
Welangahawatta Sri Dhamajothiyarama Purana Tampita Viharaya – වෙලන්ගහවත්ත ශ්‍රී ධම්මජෝතියාරාමය පුරාණ ටැම්පිට විහාරය
Sri Dhamajothiyarama Purana Viharaya is a Buddhist temple in Welangahawatta , Matale with an ancient Tampita Viharaya built during the Kandyan Kingdom. The temple lies off 18 km off Matale town. […]
Malagamuwa Udugodagama Ancient Tampita Viharaya – මාලගමුව උඩුගොඩගම පුරාණ ටැම්පිට විහාරය
The Tampita Viharaya at the Malagamuwa Udugodagama Purana Viharaya is comparatively small. A narrow circumambulating path with no protective rail surrounds the image house. […]
Kongahagedara Sri Bodhidrumaramaya Purana Tampita Viharaya – කෝන්ගහගෙදර ශ්‍රී බෝධිදෘමාරාම පුරාණ ටැම්පිට විහාරය
The Tampita Viharaya at the Kongahagedara Sri Bodhidrumaramaya Purana Viharaya is believed to be built during the latter part of the Kandyan kingdom. The Tampita Viharaya at Kongahagedara is built on 16 granite pillars. […]

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