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Ruins of an ancient temple complex is ruin of a ancient temple complex in Koonketiya GS division, Buttala Divisional Secretariat in Monaragala District of Uva Province. The ruins lies deep in the jungle bordering the Yala National Park on a …

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  • Chilaw Fort of the Portuguese (හලාවත පෘතුගීසි බළකොටුව)
    Chilaw, anciently called "Pitigal Korale" was under the possession of the Kandyan king until 1756 when it was captured by the Dutch However the Portuguese had built a small fort in Chilaw in the 16th century […]
  • Hakmana Dutch Fort (හක්මණ ලන්දේසි බළකොටුව)
    Hakmana Fort was in fact a stockade built by the Dutch around 1645 and was destroyed by the Kandyan Forces in 1761. No remains of this fort is found today. […]
  • Dambana Vedda Village – Adobe of the Aborigines (දඹාන ආදිවාසී ගම්මානය)
    Dambana Vadda Village, the primary home of the last surviving aboriginal people of Sri Lanka, lies about 20 kms from Mahiyangana on the boarders of the Maduru Oya Wildlife Reservation. […]
  • Ancient Iratperiyakulam Wewa and Buddhist Ruins (ඊරට්පෙරියකුලම වැව සහ බෞද්ධ නටබුන්)
    The Iratperiyakulama Wewa (reservoir) is the second largest reservoir in the Vavuniya district second only to Maha Pawakkulama Wewa which was created by joining Pawakkulama Wewa and the Ulukkulama Wewa. […]
  • Akuressa Thalahagama Diya Bubula (තලහගම දිය බුබුල)
    Thalahagama is a village belonging to Matara District in the Southern Province. Thalahagama is popular for its natural water spring eternally flowing from a well. The Diya Bubula (water spring) lies at the edge of a lush paddy field close to the road. Its not visible to the main road and insignificant foot path leads to the bubula and the paddy field. […]
  • 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. […]
  • Kosgahadola Diya Bubula (කොස්ගහදොළ දිය බුබුල)
    The Diya Bubula at Kosgahadola (water spring) lies some distance above the waterfall and the water joins the Kosgahadola steam. Traveling upstream over slippery rocks, it is amazing how a stream of water naturally emerges from a delicate crack in the rock. A small circular tank has been built at that place in later times to surrounding the constantly flowing stream. […]
  • Kosgahadola Ella Falls – කොස්ගහදොල ඇල්ල
    The source of this 3m-high Kosgahadola Ella Fall is an aquifer in the Mulatiyana Jungle. It is believed there used to be a monastery at this site and that elephants used to bathe in the pool here. […]
  • Hingurakgoda Diya Bubula (හිඟුරක්ගොඩ දිය බුබුල)
    About 1.5 km away from Hingurakgoda town lies an underground water spring known as Bubula which never dries up. This spring pumps up water at a remarkable speed through the year and even throughout the worst droughts in the area. […]
  • Seethawaka Botanical Garden (සීතාවක තෙත් කලාපීය උද්භිද උද්‍යානය)
    Seethawaka (Sitawaka) Wet Zone Botanical Gardens was opened in 2014 covering 106 acres ( 43 hectares) with the primary purpose of serving as a research area and a conservation area for threatened and vulnerable endemic plant species in the Sinharaja Rain Forest region. […]
  • Ella Ravana Cave (ඇල්ල රාවණා ගුහාව)
    Ravana, one of the most powerful rulers of the world reigned the island of Lanka according the one of the great Indian epics, Ramayana believed to be written in 4th century BC by Valmiki in India. Ramayana paints Ravana as a tyrant of Raksha Tribe who exercised mighty power over gods demons and humans. […]
  • Oth Pilimaya at Dalada Maluwa in Polonnaruwa (පොලොන්නරුව ඔත් පිළිමය)
    Oth Pilimaya at the ancient city of Polonnaruwa is a ancient statue house lying in the Dalada Maluwa. The Buddha Statue is in a resting position on a pedestal and is made completely of bricks. […]
  • Atadage at Polonnaruwa (පොලොන්නරුව අටදාගේ)
    Atadage Dalada Maligaya is the house of the tooth relic of Buddha built by King Vijayabahu I (1070-1110). This building is built on 54 stone pillars. The tooth relic has been kept on the second floor probably made out of wood. […]
  • Menik Vehera – Polonnaruwa (මැනික් වෙහෙර)
    Menik Vehera Aramaic complex of the Polonnaruwa Kingdom is believed to be built on the 8th century. There are indications that some additions to this complex have been made at later stages. […]
  • Hingurakgoda Unagalawehera Rajamaha Viharaya (හිඟුරක්ගොඩ උණගලාවෙහෙර රජමහා විහාරය)
    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'. […]
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