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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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Elephant Pond
Pond
👍👍 This gigantic man-made pond called “Eth Pokuna” or “Elephant Pond” is situated close to Lankaramaya in Anuradhapura. This is a rectangular pond, 159 meters in length 52.7 meters across and 9.5 meters in-depth with the holding capacity of 75,000 cubic meters of water. Eth Pokuna literary means “The E...
4.90 (33 reviews)
(~4.28 km from centre)
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Basawakkulama(බසවක්කුලම)
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Basawakkulama Wewa, also known as Abhaya Wewa, is a reservoir which is situated in Anuradhapura. It was built by the great king of Anuradhapura, Pandukabhaya during his reign from 437-367 BC. The purpose of building Basawakkulama Wewa was to provide ample water to Anuradhapura. The tank also gets th...
4.90 (24 reviews)
(~2.85 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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බුද්ධදාස රජු නයාට බෙහෙත් කල හුබහ
Museum
👍👍 This is Buddhist temple located in Anuradhapura. That was first Temple-tooth. This very popular among tourists because of that loving couple statues and Buddhist temple. That temple is renovating by assuring there ancient values. That Loads Buddha statue is very beautiful and attractive. That tank a...
4.80 (8 reviews)
(~3.41 km from centre)
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Busl library
Museum
👍👍 This is the largest library .There have more than 90000 Books .
4.80 (5 reviews)
(~2.65 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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Dhammachethiya Meditation Monestry
Park
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This monastery is in a quiet area about ten minutes from the ancient sites of Anuradhapura.
Things to See and Do at the Monastery
# Visit the huge Bodhi Tree shrine
# Talk with monks about Buddhism
# Get personal meditation instructions from the monks
# Ask questions about all the sacred sit...
4.70 (117 reviews)
(~5.08 km from centre)
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Maha Viharaya, Anuradhapura
Buddhist temple
👍👍 Very peaceful place in Anuradhapura. Better place to relax your mind.
The Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya was an important mahavihara or large Buddhist monastery for Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka. It was founded by king Devanampiya Tissa of Anuradhapura in his capital city of Anuradhapura. The Mahaviha...
4.70 (95 reviews)
(~1.88 km from centre)
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Pankuliya Ashokaramaya (අශෝකාරාමය)
Buddhist temple
👍👍 One of the less known buddhist archaeological sites,but a must see. Amazing structure of stone constructions are present.One of the finest Buddha statues of this period in history can be seen here.Truly remarkable,just like Samadhi Buddha statue .A must see for any religious beliver,this fine lines...
4.70 (69 reviews)
(~5.62 km from centre)