The Salvation Army Church is an old church located on the Colombo Street in Kandy town, Sri Lanka. History Local people believe that this building was erected to commemorate Arnolis Weerasooriya (1857-1888), the first non-westerner who attained the rank of colonel in the Salvation Ar…
Thennaketiya Watta Ruins (Sinhala: රළුව තැන්නකැටියවත්ත පුරාවිද්යා නටඹුන්) are scattered on a plot of land situated northwest of Bodhimaluwa Purana Viharaya in Raluwa village in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. The Ruins The history related to t…
Kachchiwatta Mosque (Sinhala: මාගාල්ල කච්චිවත්ත මුස්ලිම් දේවස්ථානය) is a mosque situated on the bank of Moragoda Ela near Magalla Bridge in Makuluwa village in Galle District, Sri Lanka. It is considered one of the oldest mosques in the country. …
Ambuluwawa Biodiversity Complex (Sinhala: අම්බුළුවාව කුළුණ හා ජෛව විවිධත්ව සංකීර්ණය) is located on the Ambuluwawa hill situated near Gampola town in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. The site has become a famous tourist spot in the country due to its sup…
Indian Peace Keeping Force Memorial or IPKF Monument (Sinhala: ඉන්දීය සාම සාධක හමුදා ස්මාරකය) is a war monument located on the Ape Gama premises near the Parliament Complex in Battaramulla in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It was erected in hon…
Not to be confused with Parawahera Weluwanarama Viharaya Thorapitiya Weluwanarama Purana Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: වේහැල්ල තෝරපිටිය වේළුවනාරාම පුරාණ මහා විහාරය) Veluvanarama Viharaya is a Buddhist temple situated in Wehella village in Matara Dist…
Bandara Kandura Ambalama (Sinhala: බණ්ඩර කඳුර අම්බලම) is an old resting house situated on the wayside of Medipokuna road, about 1 km distance from the Bambarapana junction on the Welimada-Udapussellawa road in Badulla District, Sri Lanka. History…
Gangathilaka Viharaya (Sinhala: උඩුපීක්වැල්ල ගංගාතිලක විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated on the southern bank of Nilwala Ganga River in Uda Peekwella village near Matara town in Matara District, Sri Lanka. The temple is the ancient shrine at …
Sri Pushparama Purana Viharaya (Sinhala: මලේගොඩ ශ්රී පුෂ්පාරාම පුරාණ විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Malegoda village near Payagala in Kalutara District, Sri Lanka. The temple is popular among the devotees for the giant Bodhi tree ( Ficu…
