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පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
This vast water reservoir was built by King Parakramabahu-the Great(1153-1186). What you see today as the Parakrama Samudraya is only a part of his original creation. Parakrama Samudraya originally consisted of five large reservoirs separated by smaller d ...
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
In Polonnaruwa to the north of the Pothgul Vehera is a granite boulder, adorned with a large statue. This is one of the finest statues in the Island and of which the height is 11 feet 6 inches. The historians and the archaeologists have not confirmed its ...
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Located on the Polonnaruwa ancient city complex, this gigantic uncompleted Stupa has been built by king Parakramabahu (1153-1186) using the labour of Tamil (Demala) prisoners brought from India when he attacked the Soli Kingdom in South India. For some re ...
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Next to the Lankatilaka is the Kiri Vihara the best preserved of Polonnaruwa's stupas. Aptly this large Dagoba’s whitewashed plaster has survived seven centuries of abandonment to the jungle between the collapse of the Polonnaruwa kingdom and its rediscov ...
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
A conspicuous landmark, this is the tallest of the buildings north of the city walls and was the meeting hall of the Buddhist Bhikkhus (monks) of the monastery complex.
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
The largest Dagoba in Polonnaruwa at 55m (180ft) high, this building is the hub of the group of buildings known as the Alahana Pirivena group which formed part of a monastic college during the reign of king Parakramabahu the great. Rankoth Vehera (Sinh ...
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Is within the perimeter of the city walls, north of the Quadrangle, are three more shrines, including a Siva Devale to the west of the road, and on the opposite side of the road a Vishnu Devale and yet another Siva Devale, a stone temple which is the olde ...
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Stands in its own rectangle of walls, protecting the richest collection of ancient buildings in any of Sri Lanka's ruined capitals. In the southeast corner of the Quadrangle stands the Vatadage (reliquary), a circular building some 18m (59ft) in diameter, ...
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
The Gal Vihara (Sinhala: ගල් විහාරය), also known as Gal Viharaya, is a rock temple of the Buddha situated in the ancient city of Polonnaruwa in north-central Sri Lanka. It was fashioned in the 12th century by Parakramabahu I. The central feature of the te ...
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Is in the northeast corner of the Quadrangle, a six-storey, pagoda-like building which is unlike anything else in Sri Lanka, and has left archaeologists bowled out as to its origin.
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Is directly north of the Vatadage. The Hatadage, is another Sacred tooth reliquary which was constructed in the rule of King Nissankamalla, and to the east of this stands the Gal Potha, or Stone Book, a 9m (29ft) stone carving of a palm leaf book used to ...
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Is west of the Vatadage, a miniature Dagoba encircled by stone columns topped with carved lotus buds, and surrounded by a carved stone trellis. Beyond this is the Atadage, the ruin of a tooth relic shrine built during the reign of Vijayabahu the 1st. Next ...
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Clockwise around this building, from the southwest corner of the Quadrangle, is the Thuparama, a fine example of the Gedige style of temple architecture which flourished at Polonnaruwa, and the only one to survive with its roof still in place
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Is immediately to the north of the Royal Palace complex, a 13th-century Hindu shrine dating from the period of raiding south Indian attacks that followed the final decline of Sinhala power in the north of the Island. The technical skills of its builders a ...
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Varies from the usual Buddhist Architecture. It is one of the most symbolic structures of the ancient kingdom of Polonnaruwa. Two great walls, each with a thickness of 4metre and height of 17 metre form a narrow aisle leading to a very impressive, althoug ...
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Nissanka Malla (Sinhala, නිස්සංක මල්ල), also known as Kirti Nissanka and Kalinga Lokesvara was a king of Sri Lanka who ruled the country from 1187 to 1196.[1] He is known for his architectural constructions such as the Nissanka Lata Mandapaya, Hatadage an ...
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Is to the east of the Palace, used by the kings of Polonnaruwa to summon the Nobles and to meet the emissaries from foreign rulers. Delicately sculptured stone lions seated at the top of the steps leading into the hall were symbols of royal power, as were ...
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
In the centre of the complex are the ruins of the Royal Palace of King Parakramabahu the Great (1164-1196 AD). It had been a massive wood and stone structure seven storeys in height, with a floor plan of 31m by13m (100ft by 43ft).The upper floors were of ...
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
The Polonnaruwa Vatadage (Sinhala: පොළොන්නරුව වටදාගේ) is an ancient structure dating back to the Polonnaruwa period of Sri Lanka. It is believed to have been built during the reign of Parakramabahu I to hold the tooth relic of the Buddha, or during the re ...
සීගිරිය, සීගිරිය, ශ්රී ලංකාව
සීගිරිය ශ්රී ලංකාවේ අඩතැන්නේ පිහිටා ඇති ශේෂ කන්දකි. මෙහි පිහිටුම මාතලේ දිස්ත්රික්කයේ දඹුල්ල ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාශයට අයත් කිඹිස්ස ග්රාමය ආශ්රිතව වේ. භූ විද්යාත්මක ලක්ෂණ සීගිරිය, දිගුකල් ඛාදනයට ලක්වූ ගිණිකන්දකින් පිටවී (සිසිල් වුණු ආග්නේය ප ...