Showing posts with label Historical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Historical. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Trincomalee War Cemetry

Trinco War Cemetry

Trinco War Cemetry

Trinco War Cemetry

Colombo>Habarana>Trincomalee>Nilaweli road>Right side of the road afer 6 km

After the fall of Singapore,Trincomalee bacame a very important naval base in Indian Ocean for British.So lot of Japaneese Air raids attacked Trincomalee harbour.362 soldiers who gave their lives to protect the land lies here in this war cemetry.

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Sunday, January 8, 2012

Kooragala / Kuragala

Kooragala / Kuragala
Kooragala / Kuragala
Kooragala / Kuragala
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Colombo > Ratnapura > Balangoda >  Kaltota road > Turn to Kooragla road from Thangentenna and end of the road is Kooragala

Kooragala or Kuragala is situated near Balangoda and it was a Buddhist temple in 2nd century BC. But today it is a mosque and a sacred place for Muslims. The only significant evidence of this place being a Buddhist temple is the ruins of a Stupa on top of the mountain. Anyway this is a really beautiful place and when you are at the top of the rock you can catch a beautiful view of a vast area. It is like you are at the balcony of Sri Lanka. And there is a cave on top of the rock you can get in to after some effort.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Batadomba lena


Batadomba lena

Batadomba lena

Batadomba lena

Batadomba lena

Batadomba lena






















Colombo > Avissawella > Kuruvita(A4) > Erathna road > Turn left after 1.5 km

Batadomba lena is an archaelogical site with evidence of habitation from 8000 BCE .its rich in natural beauty and there are lot of water streams with cool water.It tooks three hours to visit this place from Kuruvita and make sure you are using correct route during hiking.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Dutch Church - Kalpitiya

Dutch Church - Kalpitiya

Dutch Church - Kalpitiya
Colombo > Negombo > Chilaw > Palavi > Kalpitiya

If you visit Kalpitiya, remember to visit here. After some time now it's a functioning church and now it's renovated. It has six stone carvings which look like tombstones and they believe church has a tunnel which leads to fort.