Hidden gems: Historical landmarks in Kurunegala

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King Dutugemunu Pillar දුටුගැමුණු ශිලා ස්ථම්භය image
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King Dutugemunu Pillar දුටුගැමුණු ශිලා ස්ථම්භය
Historical landmark
👍👍 Our proud of history. Thats one created king Dewanampiyathissa.
4.80 (19 reviews) (~96.14 km from centre)
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Statue Of Vivekananda
Historical landmark
👍👍 The statue of great vivekanda shows his service and strength.
4.80 (18 reviews) (~82.17 km from centre)
Kunu Diya Parwathaya, කුණු දිය පව්ව. image
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Kunu Diya Parwathaya, කුණු දිය පව්ව.
Historical landmark
👍👍 Kunu Diya parwathya is located in a peak wilderness sanctuary and closer to the Kuruvita erathna Sri Pada trail. It stands at a height of 1,850M. You can see it clearly in many places throughout the trail. If you expected to climb the mountain there is no special trail. But you can start it from War...
4.80 (17 reviews) (~75.55 km from centre)
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Gampaha Volleyball Statue
Historical landmark
👍👍 Historical Monument Dedicated to National Level volleyball players in Gampaha. Situayed in fent of Gampaha railway station
4.80 (13 reviews) (~59.92 km from centre)
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Dambulu Rock Inscription
Historical landmark
👍👍 This is a wonderful piece of ancient creation which used a rock as a massive cave in which they build a temple. Inside there are several statues of different posture of lord Buddha and some other gods. On the roof also there are beautiful paintings. Overall this place is worth seeing but make sure t...
4.80 (13 reviews) (~51.63 km from centre)
Veera Puran Appu Statue image
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Veera Puran Appu Statue
Historical landmark
👍👍 Good place to be relaxed.
4.80 (13 reviews) (~94.5 km from centre)
Square Stupa Abhayagiri Monastery image
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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) (~97.99 km from centre)
Pandaravanniyan statue image
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Pandaravanniyan statue
Historical landmark
👍👍 பாயும் புலி பண்டார வன்னியர் 🙏🙏🙏
4.80 (12 reviews) (~191.69 km from centre)
Gallella Paththini Dewalaya (ගල්ලෑල්ල පත්තිනි දේවාලය) image
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Gallella Paththini Dewalaya (ගල්ලෑල්ල පත්තිනි දේවාලය)
Historical landmark
👍👍 A very ancient one. Located on the way to the famous Aluthnuwara Dhedimunda devalaya.
4.80 (12 reviews) (~30.59 km from centre)
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Galabedda Archiological Site
Historical landmark
👍👍 මොණරාගල අම්පාර මාර්ගයේ මොණරාගල සිට කිලෝමීටර් දහයක් පමණ ගමන් කිරීමෙන් පසුව හමුවන (263 කි.මී. කණුව ආසන්නයේ) මෙම ස්ථානය ප්‍රධාන මාර්ගයෙන් මීටර සියයක් පමණ දකුණුපසට වන්නට පිහිටා ඇත. "ගලබැද්ද බිසෝ පොකුණ" ලෙසද හඳුන්වනුලබන මෙම සුවිශේෂී පොකුණ දොළොස්වන සියවසට අයත් නිර්මාණයක ලෙස පිළිගැනේ. ජනප්‍රවාදයන්ට අනුව ම...
4.80 (6 reviews) (~130.32 km from centre)
Weligampitiya Junction (වැලිගම්පිටිය හංදිය) image
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Weligampitiya Junction (වැලිගම්පිටිය හංදිය)
Historical landmark
4.80 (6 reviews) (~69.71 km from centre)
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South Pond [දකුණු පොකුණ]
Historical landmark
👍 South Pond - Abayagiriya Raja Maha Viharaya
4.80 (5 reviews) (~98.18 km from centre)
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Waduwa ketu gala
Historical landmark
👍👍 This is a huge rock with an interesting name which means "rock carved by the stonemason". It is said that this was used as a place for detaining by kings. According to folklore, a rock carver was kept there and it is believed that the said person has escaped with the help of his wife after carving...
4.80 (5 reviews) (~27.08 km from centre)
රඹුක්වැල්ල රජමහා විහාර පැරණි පිවිසුම් තොරණ image
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රඹුක්වැල්ල රජමහා විහාර පැරණි පිවිසුම් තොරණ
Historical landmark
4.80 (5 reviews) (~50.23 km from centre)
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Coffee Planters Fountain
Historical landmark
👍👍 ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අවසාන අගනුවර වන මහනුවර 1988 දී ලෝක උරුම නගරයක් ලෙස ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කරන ලදී. දලදා මාලිගාවාගේ රථගාල පසුකර නාතා දේවාලය දෙසට ඇවිද යන විට බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය ගෘහ නිර්මාණ ශිල්පය සිහිපත් කරන මෙම අලංකාර දිය උල්පත ඔබට හමුවනු ඇත. තේ රටේ ප්‍රධාන කෘෂිකාර්මික නිෂ්පාදනයක් බවට පත්වීමට පෙර ශ්‍රී ලංකාව (එවකට ලං...
4.80 (5 reviews) (~37.13 km from centre)
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Nissankalata Mandapa
Historical landmark
👍👍 The amazing art of the Pulathisipura artist can be identified through the various architectural styles of the buildings found in Polonnaruwa. Among them Nissanka Latha Mandapa can be introduced as a unique creation. It is said that this building had a roof at that time. It is clear from an inscri...
4.70 (145 reviews) (~86.81 km from centre)
Maraluwawa Rajamaha Viharaya, කුරුනෑගල මරළුවාව රජමහා විහාරය. image
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Maraluwawa Rajamaha Viharaya, කුරුනෑගල මරළුවාව රජමහා විහාරය.
Buddhist temple
👍👍 A serene place where one can be at complete peace in mind. A temple by its true sense of the word. I visited the place in an early morning even before the sunrise. The surrounding is peaceful; the views are heavenly. The temple premises is located on a rock formation and surrounded by a thick jungle...
4.70 (134 reviews) (~3.06 km from centre)
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Pabalu Vehera (Temple of Marbles) - 52
Historical landmark
👍👍 An unusually shaped brick building, the Pabalu Vehera was probably commissioned by Queen Rupavati, one of the consorts of Parakramabahu of Polonnaruwa. There are quite a few monastic complexes in Polonnaruwa compared to the earlier kingdom of Anuradhapura. The name Pabalu Vehera comes from the glass...
4.70 (130 reviews) (~87.22 km from centre)
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Dolukanda Rajamaha Viharaya
Buddhist temple
👍👍 Great experience at hiking. Little tough for beginners. Upper view is so beautiful & amazing. Best place to enjoy natural beauty and variety of the environment. Not recommend to climb in rainy season. There's small wind path and rock cave at the top of the mountain. At the foot of the mountain Doluk...
4.70 (126 reviews) (~14.47 km from centre)
Thisa Wewa [තිසා වැව] image
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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) (~94.07 km from centre)
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