The Royal bath of Nissaka Malla which is opened to the pond is complete with a changing room. Completely built of stone blocks, there are 4 stone cut steps to get down to the changing area. From there you could just walk in to the pond.
Hidden between Rankoth Vehera and Menik Vehera, Kasuprad Parivena is a small monastery which is not visited by any pilgrim believed to be built by king Kassapa V (aka Abhaya Salamevan) who reigned from the Anuradhapura kingdom between 914-923 CE.
Access to these ruins are not easy even though it lies just by the main road. An electrified fence runs along this road separating the ruins and the road to stop wild elephants who comes to the reservoir coming to the town.
This Siva Devalaya (Kovil) one of the many small Siva Kovils which are found scattered around the ancient kingdom of Polonnaruwa. Siva Kovil marked as Siva Devale No. 7 lies just 100 before the northern exit from the inner city on the left of the road. This site lies few meters in to the tree line thus not distinguable from all other ruined walls of buildings which lies all over the inner city of the ancient Polonnaruwa kingdom.
It is believed that this Siva Kovil has been built during the period of South Indian Chola invaders who ruled from Polonnaruwa (1017-1070) or on the 13th century. Only the stone pillars and a simple moonstone carved with lotus petals in excellent condition.
On the eastern edge of the the vast Parakrama Samudraya lies the remains of two summer palaces believed to be built by Parakramabahu I on two small islets which are connected to mainland during dry seasons. One lies very close Deepa Uyana, the other 500 meters inwards adjoining another edge of the reservoir is a larger summer palace.
This Summer Palace is built on a platform built in 3 levels. Generally this structure is submerged upto the 2nd level of the platform. However during prolonged dry periods, the water levels recedes and sometimes connects to the mainland. There are remains of some of the walls and steps of this palace in addition to the base platform even after 850+ years.
This is a massive sluice gate built of of large blocks of stones hidden from the public close to the Giritale Polonnaruwa road. The Slice Gate now stands on the dry ground during most of the year is about 12 feet in height. Two openings at the bottom allows the water in to the slice gate.
Unagalawehera (Unagala Vehera) Viharaya is also a large ancient stupa in the village of Unagalavehera. The Unagalavehera Stupa is the second largest stupa outside of Polonnaruwa. The stupa is 30 metres (98 ft) high.Legend has it that the stupa was built with lime mortar and that the layer of plaster was so thick that at that time it was called ‘Hunugal Vehera’ and later it was known as ‘Unagala Vehera’.
Angammedilla National Park is a lesser known and lesser visited national park situated in Polonnaruwa. Angammedilla was a forest reserve within the Minneriya-Girithale Sanctuary declared on 12 February 1988 and was promoted to a National Park on 6tb June 2006. This was mainly to protect the catchment area of the Parakrama Samudraya or the Sea of Parakrama.
This pyramid-shaped, seven storied building called Sathmahal Prasadaya (11th -13th century) is thought to be an unusually shaped stupa.
The Somawathi National Park known for large herds of elephants is one of the four national parks set aside under the Mahaweli River development project.
![Quite well preserved Malagamuwa Wewa Bisokotuwa [1] considered the largest of Bisokotuwa structures discovered in Sri Lanka now lying forgotten and hidden on the northern end in the Jungles of Wasgamuwa - (වස්ගමුව වන තුල සැඟවුණු මාලගමුව වැව බිසෝකොටු)](https://i0.wp.com/amazinglanka.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/malagamuwa-13.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1 "Malagomuwa Wewa Bisokotu in the Jungles of Wasgamuwa – (වස්ගමුව වන තුල සැඟවුණු මාලගොමුව වැව බිසෝකොටු)")
Malagomuwa Reservoir in Wasgamuwa contains the largest Bisokotuwa ever discovered measuring 370x320cm on the sides and a depth of 390cm or more.
Ruins of an ancient stone bridge are It is located in the southwestern part of Parakrama Samudraya inside the national park of Angammedilla. It is located across a small tributary that flows from the west into the ancient Angamedilla Yoda Ela, which carries water to Parakrama Samudraya.
Weherabendigala rocky mountain mentioned here lies in side the inside the Angammedilla National Park on the southwestern side of the Parakrama Samudraya where the Angammedilla canal carry water to the Parakrama Samudraya from the Amban Ganga.
Unexplored ruins of an ancient temple is found on the land where the new Keththaramaya is built. Many stone pillars lie around the structures of the ancient temple.
The remains are of a small building of unknown use that was built on the bedrock facing the Amban River. The area of the site is a square with a length and width of 3 m.
The ruins at Maluweyaya in Elahara, Bakamuna spreads on the banks of the Amban ganga and at one time of history must have made a picturesque setting for its purpose. Its possible to drive quite close to these ruins in a vehicle.
This vast water reservoir was built by King Parakramabahu the great (1153-1186) and today what you see as the Parakrama Samudraya is only a portion of his original creation.Parakrama Samudraya originally consisted of five large reservoirs separated by smaller dams to reduce the pressure on the main dam.
The dark-grey granite “Gal Aliya ” at Katupilana, is in reality a full-sized elephant sculptured from bed rock, which here fringes the left bank of the Mahaveli-ganga river. The pseudo-beast, fronting and in exceptional relief, owing to the perfectly adapted situation and surroundings, its size and its attitude—half submerged with head slightly turned up-stream as though reconoitering before wading or swimming across the river—looks, from a short distance, very much in the flesh and very much alive.
