Ratna Prasada Guard Stone

Ratna Prasada

The Ratna Prasada dates back to the 1st Century AD and was specifically built to cater to the Abhayagiri monks. Ratna Prasada’s claim to fame is its best-preserved guardian stone.

Nalanda Gedige Matale

Nalanda Gedige

Nalanda Gedige is one of the more intricately done historical places in Sri Lanka, with a marriage of Buddhist & Hindu artistic traditions.

Medirigiriya Vatadage Polonnaruwa

Medirigiriya Vatadage

Medirigiriya Vatadage is a beautifully well-preserved monument that shows us the true appearance of a vatadage, a protective colannaded structure.

Buddhangala Monastery Ampara

Buddhangala Monastery

Nestled within thick forests of Ampara is the rather unknown Buddhangala monastery, built on an outcrop of five larger rocks, covering at least 1280 acres.

Mulkirigala Temple Paintings

Mulkirigala

The Rock Temple of Mulkirigala, situated in Hambantota district in South Sri Lanka, dates back to 2nd century BC and is over six hundred feet high.

Dutch Star Fort

Dutch Star Fort

The Dutch Star Fort of Matara, shaped like a six-pointed star, was built by the Dutch during the Kandy era. Its uniqueness is right in its very name.

Jaffna Fort Sri Lanka

Jaffna Fort

Part of the Island’s colonial past, specifically during the time of the Portuguese, the Jaffna Fort was built in the year 1618 during their rule of the northern part of the island.

Kadurugoda Viharaya Jaffna

Kadurugoda Viharaya

The style at Kadurugoda Viharaya is one that is not seen anywhere else in the country. It is believed that these stupas hold the relics of arahat monks.

Dowa Cave Temple Ella

Dowa Cave Temple

The Dowa cave temple dates back to the 1st Century BC. Its claim to fame is its massive Buddha image, flattened against a vast granite rock-face.

Ramayana Trails Sri Baktha Hanuman Temple Nuwara Eliya

Sri Baktha Hanuman Temple

Situated in Ramboda in Nuwara Eliya, the Sri Bhakta Hanuman Temple is among the most sacred sites dedicated to the fiercest warrior among Rama’s supposedly simian Vanara allies.