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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.

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Halaba Steel Bridge : The Bridge that Never Was – අතරමං වූ හාලිඇල හලාබ යකඩ පාලම
Halaba is a small village in the Badulla Uva Paranagama area close to the Uma Oya. A spectacular 372 feet long steel bridge lies across Uma Oya at Halaba where no roads exists or ever existed […]
Halaba Dorowana Ella Falls – හලාබ දොරොවනා ඇල්ල
Dorowana Ella lies hidden deep in the jungle of Uva Paranagama area in the Badulla District. The waterfall falls in 2 stages from a height of over 30 meters and splits in to 2 steams at the center. […]
Mahakanadarawa Wewa – මහකනදරා වැව
Mahakanadarawa Wewa is a large reservoir built by king Mahasen (276-303) by damming the Kanadara Oya which is the main triburory of the Malwathu Oya river. It is reported that king Sena II (853-887) had built a weir at a place called Kattaththa and diverted water to Kanadara Oya though a 12 kilometer canal to increase the supply of water to Mahakanadarawa Wewa. […]
Vishnu Devalya of Kandy Kingdom – මහනුවර විශ්ණු දේවාලය
Different historical documents have called this deity and the Devale by different names. Robert Knox, the English Prisoner has called the deity in this devale "Aluth Nuwara Deiyo". According to legend the "Aluth Nuwara Deviyo" was brought to Aluth Nuwara in Kegalle District from Devinuwara in Matara. […]
Dunhinda Ella (Bridal Falls) at Badulla – දුන්හිඳ ඇල්ල
Dunhinda Ella fall is steeped in history. The area was once inhabited by indigenous people - the Veddha tribe. […]
Sri Maha Bodhi (The sacred Bo-Tree) – ශ්‍රී මහා බෝධිය
After bringing Buddhism to Sri Lanka by Mahinda Thero in 250 BC Emperor Asoka in India sent his daughter Theri Sanghamitta to the island with a branch of the Sacred Bodhi obtained from the main stem of the bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya under which Buddha attained enlightenment. The king Tissa received the sapling and planted it at the present site in 249 BC. Taking this information to account today (in 2013) the Sri Maha Bodhi tree is exactly 2263 years old. Thus this tree is the oldest tree in world in the recorded history. […]
Guardstones (Ancient Muragala) – මුරගල
The guardstone or "muragala" were one of an association of three aspects of sculpture that adorned the entrance to buildings in ancient times, the other two being the moonstone (Sandakada Pahana) and balustrade (Korawak Gala) . […]
Kunchikulama Hanging Bridge : En Route to Mannar – මන්නාරම කුංචිකුලම එල්ලෙන පාලම (සංගිලි පාලම)
Close to the turn off to the Madu Church, lies and old hanging bridge across the Malwathu Oya in the area of Kunchikulama. The bridge is over 100 meters along and held by two strong cables with wooden planks laid across. […]
Dehena Ella Falls (Gaslabu Ella) – දෙහෙන ඇල්ල
Folklore says that the Dehana Ella Fall was used as a torture chamber by an regional king in the ancient times. Therefore this was known as "Damana" Ella which became Dehena Ella with time. […]
Seethakanda Ancient Monastery at Monaragala – මොනරාගල සීතාකන්ද පුරාණ ආරාමය
Seethakanda (Sitakanda, Seetakanda, Sithakanda) aranya is located in the district of Monaragala and […]
Nedun Rajamaha Viharaya in Kiriella – කිරිඇල්ලේ නැදුන් රජමහා විහාරය
The History of Nedun Raja Maha Viharaya (Nadun Raja Maha Viharaya) go back to the era of King Rajasinghe I of Sitawaka Kingdom (1581 – 1591).The temple houses a long pair of tusks which is said to be the longest in Asia […]
Sudukanda (Kumarakanda) Ruins hidden in the Jungles of Wasgamuwa – වස්ගමුව වන තුල සැඟවුණු සුදුකන්ද නටබුන්
The Sudukanda (meaning "white mountain" in Sinhara) ruins are located in the central western end of Wasgamuwa National Park, which has the western limit of the Amban River, a tributary of the Mahaweli River, the largest river in Sri Lanka, and two mountain ranges in parallel. […]
වස්ගමුව ජාතික වනෝද්‍යානයේ කුමාර කන්ද (සුදුකන්ද) රජ මාලිගා භූමිය – Kumara Kanda Palace Ruins in Wasgamuwa
කුමාර කන්ද යනු පැරැණි රජ මාලිගා භූමියකි. පොළොන්නරු දිස්ත්‍රික්කයෙන් වස්ගමුව ජාතික වනෝද්‍යානයට පිවිසීමේ පහසුකම් නොමැති නිසා නෛතික බාධා, ඇතැත් පුද්ගලයෝ ඒ පිළිබඳ තැකීමක් නොකර වස්ගමුව සමඟ සම සබැඳියාවක් පවත්වනු ලබති. අපද මඩ ඇළ දිගේ ඉහළට ගියේ අබන් ගඟ දෙපසට යෙදූ කඹ ආධාරයෙන් ප්‍රථමව ගඟ තරණය කිරීමෙන් ඉනික්බිතිවය. […]
Ruins at Inginiyagala Ovagiriya – ඉඟිනියාගල ඔවාගිරිය නටබුන්
Ovagiriya (Owagiriya) is an ancient aramic complex hidden inside the jungles of Inginiagala with a stupa n a unique octagonal platform. Discovered during the Gal Oya scheme and restored to a great extent. […]
Iriyapola Ruins hidden in the Jungles off Monaragala – මොණරාගල වන තුල සැඟවුණු ඊරියපොළ නටබුන්
Iriyapola ruins are located about 20 km southeast of the village of Maligawila in Monaragala district, in the dense forest on the slightly upstream and left bank of the point where the Gonam ala Ara, a right bank tributary, joins the Kumbukkan Oya. […]
Buttala Yatiyallathota Kutumbala Rajamaha Viharaya – බුත්තල යටියල්ලාතොට කුටුම්බාල රජමහා විහාරය
Buttala Yatiyallathota Kutumbala Rajamaha Viharaya is believed to be during the reign of Mahanaga, brother of king Devanampiatissa (250-210 BC). One of the two large stupa still remains as mound of earth while a new stupa has been built on top of the other. […]
Butttala Yatiyallathota Archaeological Reserve – යටියල්ලාතොට පුරාවිද්‍යා ස්ථානය
Hidden by jungle off Buttala, Yatiyallathota Archaeological Reserve is a hidden archaeological jewel in the southern part of the country. […]
Sellaba Rajamaha Viharaya at Wellawaya – වැල්ලවාය සෙල්ලබ රජමහා විහාරය
Wellawaya Sellaba Rajamaha Viharaya ( Sellabawa Rajamaha Viharaya) is an ancient cave temple with ruins to prove its place in the ancient buddhist heritage in Uva. The ruins of this ancient temple is spread around a large forested hill off Sellabawa. […]
Habessa Ruins (Hebessa) – හබැස්ස බොදු නටබුන්
Habessa Ruins destroyed by vandals in search of treasures before restoration Photo by : Ashan […]
Historic Sandarawala at Baddegama – බද්දේගම සන්දරවල
Rantati Deke Diya Bubula is an natural spring in the Balagolla area in Meegahakivula. Traveling 3.8 kilometers towards Kandeketiya from Meegahakivula junction will bring you to the road to Pallewela. Take this road for 1 km and it will take to the area called Viharalanda. […]

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