Hidden gems - Historical landmarks in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka not to miss (Updated September, 2023)

Hidden gems: Historical landmarks in Kurunegala

Discover the city's hidden treasures—remarkable spots that are relatively undiscovered but offer exceptional experiences. Our selection criteria? A rating of 4.5 or higher with fewer than 150 reviews. Explore these lesser-known yet outstanding places that promise a delightful visit in Kurunegala. This list contains 21 places from Historical landmark category.

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Raksagala - Kinihira Kanda

Historical landmark

👍👍 exploresrilanka The northwest edge ❤️ of the second highest mountain in Dolosbage Raxagala 🙏. Perched in solitude at one end of the stack of rocks on Raxagala or Kinihira Kanda is this lone boulder, facing East. The sun rises with a hint of golden rays touching side of it's face 👹⛰ ⚠️ Not suitabl...

4.80 (96 reviews) (~48.23 km from centre)

Magul Maduwa Audience Hall

Historical landmark

👍 This is the place where the King and the ministers gather to take decisions.. Also known as ‘Royal Audience Hall’.. This was built in 1783 still remains in good condition..

4.80 (25 reviews) (~37.29 km from centre)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Arankele Archaeological site

Historical landmark

👍👍 A 65 acres in extent of archiological site with lot of ruins. Maliyadeva arahath Tero were stayed here. Only sakman maluwa with roof found in Sri Lanka. Calm environment. Lot of to see. Visit with your kids to show our history. As well as lot of stone work there. Unbelievable.

4.70 (104 reviews) (~18.45 km from centre)

Sherly De Alwis Memorial Pond

Historical landmark

👍👍 This is a roundabout located inside the University of peradeniya.

4.70 (91 reviews) (~36.27 km from centre)

Deliwala Kota Vehera Temple

Buddhist temple

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

4.70 (63 reviews) (~14.98 km from centre)

Pattirippuwa Pavillion

Historical landmark

👍👍 Beautiful and iconic architecture

4.70 (55 reviews) (~37.28 km from centre)

Bathalagoda Slab Inscription

Historical landmark

👍👍 Not much crowded in weekdays. But please guys don't leave any plastic or garbage bring back what you bring

4.70 (9 reviews) (~10.04 km from centre)

Balumgala (බැලුම්ගල)

Historical landmark

👍👍 Bestest view is up top. It’s an easy walk right from the Kadugannawa bus top. If you are a nature lover this is definitely your spot to pay a visit. Well hiking up top through the forest is such a vibe. Belumgala rock gives amazing views of the entire Kadugannawa valley. There is another small rock...

4.60 (94 reviews) (~31 km from centre)

Old Teldeniya town

Historical landmark

👍👍 This is a super cool place for photo shots. I mean that was splendid. No words to describe that. The best time is 6.00 in the morning or after 4.00 at the evening. Noon is not really a good idea because the sun burns everything that time. Cant tolerate that tough sunlight. The best thing is if you s...

4.60 (41 reviews) (~49 km from centre)

Katupitiya Junction

Historical landmark

4.60 (16 reviews) (~9.09 km from centre)

Udaperadeniya Junction Bo Tree

Historical landmark

👍👍 Calm and quiet place

4.50 (46 reviews) (~36.07 km from centre)

Ulupen Geya

Historical landmark

👍👍 Used to be the Kandy Queens bathhouse and private pool. Today it is open to the public. There is a archeology information center in the upperfloor of this building. The ground floor houses the Queeens indoor swimming pool.

4.50 (20 reviews) (~37.32 km from centre)

Kadigamuwa Tunnel

Historical landmark

👍👍 Here the Main Line passes over the Mawanella-Rambukkana road. Large vehicles such as long Leyland buses can barely pass through.

4.50 (20 reviews) (~19.72 km from centre)

Dorawaka Athubendi Lena Cave

Historical landmark

👍 Reaching the cave is slightly a tedious task. Might have to walk about 1km into a by road in order to reach the Dorawaka cave also called the Athu bendi lena. the cave is formed by two large boulders leaning on to each other. Inside the cave, can be seen some fascinating inscriptions and sketches of...

4.50 (19 reviews) (~38.25 km from centre)

Queen's Palace - Madawasala

Historical landmark

This restored royal palace complex dating to the 14th century now houses several museums.

4.50 (13 reviews) (~37.36 km from centre)

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Hidden gems: Historical landmarks in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka