Religious & Spiritual

Religious & Spiritual

The Japanese Peace Pagoda

Eastern Province, Ampara

The Japanese Peace Pagoda near Ampara is one of several peace pagodas built in Sri Lanka by the Japanese Buddhist order...

Religious & Spiritual

Henanegala Len Viharaya

Eastern Province, Ampara

Henanegala Len Viharaya is an ancient cave temple in the Ampara District featuring rock caves with Buddhist paintings, i...

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Veheragala Temple

Eastern Province, Ampara

Veheragala Temple is an ancient Buddhist site in the Ampara District featuring a dagoba, stone pillars, and cave shelter...

Religious & Spiritual

Angurukaramulla Temple

Western Province, Negombo

Angurukaramulla Temple in Negombo is a historic Buddhist temple notable for its enormous dragon-mouth entrance through w...

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Dowa Rock Temple

Uva Province, Badulla

Dowa Rock Temple, located between Bandarawela and Ella in the Uva Province, features a striking 11.5-metre unfinished Bu...

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Kaluthara Bodhiya

Western Province, Kalutara

Kalutara Bodhiya is a revered Buddhist temple complex on the banks of the Kalu Ganga river in Kalutara, featuring one of...

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Wolvendaal Church

Western Province, Colombo

Wolvendaal Church in Colombo's Pettah district is the oldest Protestant church in Sri Lanka, built by the Dutch in 1749....

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Ratmullukanda Viharaya

North Western Province, Kurunegala

Ratmullukanda Viharaya in Sri Lanka's North Western Province is the highest peak you can reach by vehicle, according to...

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Tharulengala Rajamaha Viharaya

Eastern Province, Hulanuge

Tucked away in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province, Tharulengala Rajamaha Viharaya is an ancient Buddhist cave temple perched o...

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Ridi Viharaya

North Western Province, Ridigama

Nestled in Sri Lanka's North Western Province, Ridi Viharaya—known as the Silver Temple—is a 2nd-century BCE Buddhist ge...

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Attanagalla Raja Maha Viharaya

Western Province, Attanagalla

Nestled in Attanagalla village, Attanagalla Raja Maha Viharaya is an ancient royal Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka's Wester...

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Dambakola Patuna Viharaya (Port of Jambukola)

Northern Province, Jaffna

Imagine standing where Buddhism took root in Sri Lanka: Dambakola Patuna Viharaya, the ancient Port of Jambukola north o...

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Magul Maha Viharaya

Eastern Province, Pottuvil

Magul Maha Viharaya is an ancient Buddhist temple complex in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province, steeped in legends of a royal...

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Neelagiriseya

Eastern Province, Lahugala

Neelagiriseya, the largest Buddhist stupa in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province, towers at 22m high with a 182m circumference...

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Muhudu Maha Vihara

Eastern Province, Pottuvil

Nestled near a wide beach in Pottuvil, Eastern Province, Muhudu Maha Vihara is an ancient Buddhist temple complex over 2...

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Kebiliththa Devalaya (Maha Siyambalawa Devalaya)

Uva Province, Kataragama

Kebiliththa Devalaya, hidden deep within Yala National Park's jungle, is one of Sri Lanka's most sacred and remote pilgr...

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Henanigala Panchawasa Raja Maha Viharaya

Eastern Province, Dehiattakandiya

Nestled in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province, Henanigala Panchawasa Raja Maha Viharaya is one of just two remaining 'panchava...

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Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka

Western Province, Ragama

Discover the Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka, Sri Lanka's only basilica built after World War II and a profound spiritual...

Religious & Spiritual

Okanda Devalaya

Eastern Province, Okanda

Nestled on a hillock in Okanda hamlet, Ampara District, Eastern Province, Okanda Devalaya is a sacred shrine dedicated t...

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Ancient Kadurugoda Viharaya

Northern Province, Chunnakam

Discover Ancient Kadurugoda Viharaya in Jaffna's Northern Province, where around 20 unique stupas crafted from coral sto...

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Sri Lankaramaya Buddhist Temple

Western Province, Auckland

Nestled in Auckland's Ōtāhuhu suburb, Sri Lankaramaya Buddhist Temple offers a serene slice of Sri Lanka right here in N...

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Koneswaram Temple

Eastern Province, Trincomalee

Perched atop Swami Rock in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province, Koneswaram Temple is the most sacred of the Pancha Ishwarams, d...

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Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara

Western Province, Kelaniya

Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara is one of Sri Lanka's most sacred Buddhist temples, believed to have been hallowed during the...

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Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple

Northern Province, Jaffna

Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple is a stunning Hindu shrine on a sacred island in Sri Lanka's Northern Province, dedi...