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Mihintale Rock
Historical place
👍👍 The place of begining the Sri Lanka Buddhism.
Mihindu thero came to this place to contact the King Tissa.
Really ancient and nice place.
And super nice sunset here at the back of lord buddha statue.
Need to climb the rock and there is big Stupa and Buddha statue also.
For the foreigners need to buy...
4.80 (246 reviews)
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Aukana Rajamaha Viharaya
Buddhist temple
👍👍 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...
4.70 (1.1K reviews)
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Lankaramaya
Buddhist temple
👍👍 Lankarama is a stupa built by King Valagamba, in an ancient place at Galhebakada in the ancient kingdom of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Nothing is known about the ancient form of the stupa, and later this was renovated.
4.70 (541 reviews)
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Lankatilaka Temple
Historical landmark
👍👍 Without writing something what learned about this place , I can’t leave. Lankatilaka Image house is considered to be the largest image house built in ancient Sri Lanka. According to history, the building had five stories and this image house had been decorated with paintings which was constructed by...
4.70 (411 reviews)
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Thekkama Amuna
Historical place
👍👍 this place is very attractive and during rainy season starts.it located in a forest near malwathu oya and there are many wild animals cross these area.so anyone want to go there will have their own security. Tour guides are available in Kunchukulam Village.
4.70 (76 reviews)
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Yapahuwa Rock Fortress
Historical place
👍👍 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...
4.60 (1.6K reviews)
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Embekka Dewalaya
Historical landmark
Hindu temple built between the 14th & 15th centuries, featuring ornately carved wooden pillars.
4.60 (1.4K reviews)
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Buddhangala Raja Maha Viharaya බුද්ධංගල රජ මහා විහාරය
Buddhist temple
👍👍 Buddangala Temple is an ancient sacred place located in a beautiful environment.There are some elephants cross the road if you travel in evening. This temple is a temple on a rock, which is full of wild animals
4.60 (695 reviews)
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Rajagiri Caves
Historical place
👍👍 Very interesting site passing route to mihinthale, opposite Kaludiyapokuna temple scheme. Climb to a top of a rock with ruins of a temple...Unfortunately, the ancient structures and what ever frescoes/ pictures remained, were ruined by local looters and no action seems to be taken by the authorities...
4.60 (68 reviews)
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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)
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Lotus Pond (Ancient Nelum Pokuna)
Historical place
👍👍 The nelum pokuna is an ancient pond with an amazing design which looks like a bloomed Lotus flower. It was built by ancient architects age of king Parakramabahu ( 1153-1186) The pond is located in the ancient city of polonnaruwa // on the left side of the road to theThiwanka Pilimage, after the dema...
4.50 (203 reviews)
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Padiwita Ambalama
Historical place
👍 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...
4.50 (157 reviews)
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Ibbankatuwa Megalithic Tombs
Historical place
👍👍 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...
4.40 (280 reviews)
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Batadombalena
Historical place
Archeological site in a cave, with ancient art on display & tranquil jungle surrounds.
4.40 (216 reviews)