Best places: Historic sites in Kuliyapitiya, Sri Lanka

Iconic temple with a bodhi tree grown from one of the 32 saplings from the sacred Anuradhapura tree.

👍👍 Aukana Ancient Rock Temple is a sacred buddhist temple region that has numerous worth-seeing sacred residues including Aukana Buddha, a massive Buddha statue carved out of a large single rock, towering over 40ft height, being the specimen of excellent ancient sculpture technology of the nation. Bot...

👍👍 This is one of the most beautiful rock fortress in srilanka. There are lot of ancient ruins and beautiful places to visit. Yahapauwa rock fortress is situated in Mahawa in between Kurunegala and Anuradhapura . This fortress was built by king Buvanekabahu and served as a palace and military fortress...

Hindu temple built between the 14th & 15th centuries, featuring ornately carved wooden pillars.

👍👍 Near the Dambulla Kurunagala road. Maintaining by Central Cultural Fund. They are charging Rs 100 PER adults & Rs 50 for children. Considering archeological importance of this place, it is a Prehistoric Great Stone Cemetery The period from the end of the Prehistory to the beginning of the Age is kn...

👍👍 Kadugannawa Ambalama is a wayside rest which is situated along the Colombo – Kandy Road, a few meters before the Kadugannawa pass. Built during the British colonial rule in the early 19th century, the ambalama is a famous stopover for horsemen and merchants traveling towards ancient hill capital of...

👍 This is called Padivita Ambalama. It is about 1.5km from Matale town. This is a very old Sinhalese cultural resting place. This place is a famous place. This There is a beautiful paddy field all around. Among the old ambalams in Ceylon, this also takes first place. A tourist attraction with beautifu...

Archeological site in a cave, with ancient art on display & tranquil jungle surrounds.

Historic mountain cave with evidence of prehistoric human inhabitants, reachable by short hike.

👍 Seetha Kotuwa Seetha Kotuwa lies at Gurulupotha in Kandy district in the central province in Sri Lanka. To get to this archeological site, you have to travel about 5Km from Hasalaka town towards Kandy then you can see the Name board at the Gurulupotha rest house on your right. You have to park your...

👍 There's nothing much to see here to be honest, but it's good for a quickly-planned trip in the afternoon. There is a staircase to the top and its not a difficult climb. I heard the road that appears on Google maps is not in good condition. Its better to continue straight along the Kadugannawa-Pothth...

😐 Puwakgas junction can be reached via negambo - Narammala road and it is the first color light you encounter with three exits. First exit to the left is the wilgoda road that connects to Anuradhapura - Puttalam road. Second exit directly reaches the bus stand and you can also acess Dambulla and Kand...

👍👍 Very calm place

👍👍 A historical structure built by a south Indian businessman belonging to the Nayakkar dynasty in early 1900. The place is a resting place for travellers on the adjacent road. Now, the place stays without much attention in the heart of the Kengalla town and is being ignored most of the times.

👍👍 දැලිවල කොටවෙහෙර.......it's my temple.....i love my temple.

👍👍 Historical place...

👍👍 No big things to watch. If you're interested in Archeology you must go..

👍👍 I visited in this place. Full area covered tree. Nice climate. Seethawaka city originally built by King Mayadunne in 1524 , A . D . Functioned as provincial administrative centre and during the reign of King Rajasingha functioned as a city . Archaeologists relive that the remains of the place situa...

👍👍 An ancient place people used to rest