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Swarnamali Stupa [රුවන්වැලි සෑය]
Historical landmark
👍👍 The Ruwanwelisaya is a stupa and a hemispherical structure containing relics, in Sri Lanka.It's also known as "Sawarnamali chaitya"... NAMO BUDAHAYA! 🌼🌻
5.00 (45 reviews)
(~2.28 km from centre)
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Relic Shrine of Abhayagiriya - අභයගිරිය ධාතු මන්දිරය
Historical landmark
👍👍 ප්‍රධාන ආවාසයට නිරිත දිශාවෙන් ඊටම වෙන් කරන ලද ප්‍රකාර බැම්මකින් වටවූ චතුරස්‍රාකාර භූමි භාගයක මධ්‍යයේ මෙය ඉදිකර තිබේ. මන්දිරය වටා කුඩා චතුරස්‍රාකාර පරිවාර ගොඩනැගිලි 4 කි. මෙම භූමියට ඇතුළුවීමට පැවති ස්ථානයේ දෙපස ඇති සෘජුකෝණාස්‍රාකාර ගොඩනැගිලි, මුර කුටි විය හැකිය. ධාතු මන්දිරය ඉදිකර ඇත්තේ උස් චතුරස්‍රා...
4.90 (13 reviews)
(~4.1 km from centre)
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Samadhi Statue 3 සමාධි පිළිමය 3
Historical landmark
👍👍 This Samadhi Buddha statue is one of the most sacred and high quality works of art created during the Anuradhapura period and can be seen on the Wata Vandana Road in the grounds of the Abhayagiri Vihara in Anuradhapura. The sculptor has made a tremendous effort to portray the great personality as w...
4.80 (20 reviews)
(~4.41 km from centre)
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Square Stupa Abhayagiri Monastery
Historical landmark
👍👍 Abayagiriya Stupa
The second largest of the stupas in Sri Lanka, Abhayagiri Stupa has been built by King Vattagamini alias Valagamba (89-77 BC). This extends up to an extent of nearly 200 hectares. According Bhikkhu Fa-hsein who visited Sri Lanka in the fifth century there had been three thousand r...
4.80 (13 reviews)
(~4.37 km from centre)
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Thisa Wewa [තිසා වැව]
Historical landmark
👍👍 Tissa Wewa, an artificial reservoir, was built by Devanampiya Tissa in order to increase the water supply to his capital city of Anuradhapura. Only Panda Wewa and Abhaya Wewa are older. The embankment of Tissa Wewa is 2 miles long and 25 feet high.
4.70 (117 reviews)
(~3.41 km from centre)
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Maha Vihara Alms Hall ඓතිහාසික මහා විහාර දාන ශාලාව
Historical landmark
👍👍 Situated between lovamahapaya and ruwenweli maha stupa. Can't go inside as the gate is locked. Brief history as follows.
The creator of this Dana Salawa is not found yet. According to reports of the monk, Fa-Hien who lived here in 411 – 413 A.D. there were about 5000 monks in Abhayagiri monastery....
4.70 (20 reviews)
(~2.04 km from centre)
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Harambathenna Resort
Resort hotel
👍👍 Amazing hospitality by the staff. Great Location. Rooms were clean and tidy. Closer to the historical places of Anuradhapura. Easy access. Highly recommend
4.60 (53 reviews)
(~4.49 km from centre)
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Nakha Vehera
Historical landmark
👍👍 The Nakha Vehera belongs to the Mahayana tradition and constructed during 7-10th centuries (late late Anuradhapura era).
The square shape Sthupa is one of the four square shaped dagoba in Sri Lanka and would have been similar to the Satmahal Prasadaya in Polonnaruwa. Ruins of several other building...
4.60 (43 reviews)
(~3.17 km from centre)
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Tholuvila Monastery තොලුවිල බෞද්ධ විහාරාරාම සංකීර්ණය
Historical landmark
👍👍 🌱Tholuwila Archeological Reserve🌱
This site is recognized as the place where Thera Mahinda and his entourage in 3 c. B.C. took shelter on their way from Chetiya Pabbata to the Mahavihara. The structure at the site dates to the period between 7-9 c. C.E. and has been identified as a Pabbata Vihara...
4.60 (31 reviews)
(~1.15 km from centre)
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Image House of Jethawanaramaya - ජේතවනාරාම පිළිම ගෙය
Historical landmark
👍👍 Part of the Jethawanaramaya Stupa area. For foreigners they need the ticket, not specailly for this place, but the Main ticket for visiting the other sacred places in the area is enough. For locals, no tickets are required.
4.60 (26 reviews)
(~2.13 km from centre)
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Padanagara of Western Monastery Complex
Historical landmark
😐 “ Patanagala”或“ Plyangala”是修道院的一种特殊类型，即冥想。 Padhanaghara主教堂是按照普遍的148 JoJ特殊建筑传统建造的，与主要的修道院和人类住区保持一定距离。 帕达纳加拉邦经常被构造成在护城河包围的岩石露头上的孪生结构。 尽管此类修道院建筑未使用雕刻和雕塑，但小便池和盥洗室结构仍使用华丽的雕刻建造。
4.60 (10 reviews)
(~4.36 km from centre)