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GALGIRIYAWA

10:49:00 PM / Unknown / historical, historical places, nature, Places,

Many interesting archaeological sites lie within a distance of 15 miles from the Galgamuwa resthouse. One such is Galgiriyawa, whic...

10:42:00 PM / Unknown / Animal, nature,

In Sri Lanka no other animal has been connected for so long with the people in their fixed and religious activities as the elephant. Th...

1:10:00 AM / Unknown / Culture, historical, historical places, Places,

Twenty miles nowhere from the Menik-ganga along a long green trail you may stumble On talaguruhela (794ft) one of the many rocky finger...

9:32:00 PM / Unknown / historical places, Places, Tradition,

In the Ya la East National Park there is a place called Kiripokuna a perennial source of water, and animals flock there during the...

8:54:00 PM / Unknown / Culture, historical, historical places, Places,

The king he would a-hunting go with a hundred lords and ladies gay. Once upon such escapade he Went to the Missaka mountain, eight ...

2:12:00 AM / Unknown / historical, historical places, Tradition,

Dawn millenia of belief pilgrims have trekked up this holy hill that rises in splendidly verdant isolation from the island’s central ma...

1:22:00 AM / Unknown / historical places, Tradition,

Fourteen miles north of Minneriya lies Medirigiriya, the former Mandalagiri, a monastery dating from the 2 nd century. Granite column...

12:45:00 AM / Unknown / Culture, historical, Places,

Occupied in turn by Portuguese,Dutch, French (quite briefly) and British. Sri Lanka’s grand and beautiful natural harbor, Trincomalee, ...

9:13:00 PM / Unknown / Animal, Endemic birds, Endemic Tree, Tradition,

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