අට දා ගෙය

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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 ...

අනුරාධපුර යුගය

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අනුරාධපුරය, අනුරාධපුරය, උතුරු මැද පළාත, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, 50000

3rd BC - 10th AD Several centuries before the Jesus Christ, while the Greek empire was at its zenith, many other regions were emerging from the stone age; Anurdhapura was already and advanced civilization. The city was well laid out and well linked. I ...

අභයගිරි විහාරය

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අභයගිරි, අනුරාධපුරය, North Central Province, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, 50000

This was the home of mainly the Dhammaruchi sect, although it was open to many other sects including Mahayanism. There is little literary evidence as the rival monks of the Maha Vihara were the compilers of the chronicle. How ever, this 500-acre monastery ...

ඉසුරැමුණිය පෙමියුවල

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ඉසුරැමුණිය පෙමි යුවල, අනුරාධපුරය, North Central Province, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, 50000

6th Century Gupta style carving. The woman, seated on the man's lap, lifts a warning finger, probably as a manifestation of her coyness; but the man carries on regardless." The figures may represent Dutugemunu's son Saliya and the law caste (Sadol Kula) ...

කළුතර පන්සල කළුතර බෝධිය

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කථතර බෝධිය, ගාලු පාර, කථතර, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

Kalutara is historically important due to the fact that it was one of the 32 places indicated by Arahant Mahinda Thera to the king Devananpiya Tissa in the 2nd century B.C. as a place where one of the thirty two saplings of the sacred Sri Maha Bodhi tree ...

කිරි විහාරය

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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 ...

කුටිටන් පොකුණ

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අනුරාධපුරය, උතුරැමැද පළාත, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, 50000

The Twin Ponds. These 3rd Century monks' bathing pools are archaeologically perfect. The water that feeds the ponds flows first into a filtering basin made of rock; It runs through a beautiful makara mouth and a lion's head into the smaller tank. A su ...

ගඩලාදෙනිය විහාරය

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පිළිමතලාව, මහනුවර, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

Gadaladeniya temple basking on the city of kandy, is a well known tourist destination in Sri lanka. Usually it is visited by devotees, pilgrims, History enthusiasts and nature lovers. The temple of Gadaladeniya plays a key role in Sri lankan tourism. In o ...

ගල් විහාරය

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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 ...

ගාල්ල කොටුව

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65 ඒ. ලයිටි හවුස් පාර, කොටුව, ගාල්ල, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

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Basking on the southern coast of Sri Lanka in the bay of Galle, the Fort was first built by the Portuguese in 1588 before being extensively fortified by the Dutch in the mid 1600s. Recognized by UNESCO for its cultural heritage value, the Fort was declare ...

ගිරිහඩු සෑය

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ත්‍රිකූනාමලය, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

Girihadu seya is considered as the first Dageba in Sri Lanka, done by Thapassue Balluka Merchants. This is located in Thiriyaya close to Trincomalee Pulmoddi road. Load Buddha spent 7 weeks ( sath Sathiya) after his enlightenment ( This is around 528 B ...

ථූපාරාමය - පොළොන්නරුව

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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

දෙමළ සෑය

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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 ...

නිදහස් දිනය

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ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon. For more than a century Sri Lanka was a British crown colony but on 4 February, 1948 the country achieved its independence to officially become the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Flag Don Stephen S ...

නිස්සංක මල්ල මාලිඟය

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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 ...

පරාක්‍රම සමුද්‍රය

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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 ...

පොත්ගුල් විහාරය

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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 ...

පොලොන්නරුවෙි ගල් විහාරය

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ගල්විහාරය, පොලොන්නරැව, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

Polonnaruwa Gal Viharaya ( Uththararamaya) is one of the main attraction in Polonnaruwa. The name Uththararama means the temple by the north side. This was done by king Parakamabahu (year 1153 -1186) in Polonnaruwa Kingdom time. This has two seating Bu ...

පොළොන්නරුව වටදාගේ

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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 ...

බන්ඩාගිරිය පන්සල

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බන්ඩාගිරිය, හමිබන්තොට, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

Bandagiriya, a village located at the very far end of the Hambantota district is known well because of the ancient temple there. The rock on which the ancient stupas and other ruins are found today is considered the highest peak in the Hambantota district ...