Boasting about adventure sporting, Kitulagala is a town located in West of the road from Kandy to Nuwara Eliya. It's a town located in amid tickly forest hills. It has been once a filming place for the David Lean's 1957 Oscar-winning epic "Bridge on the River Kwai" on the banks of Kelani River. Most visitors for the adventure sporting are from Colombo. The Kitulgala's main attraction is White water rafting where you can ride the tides of Kelani River. Other than that it's popular for sports like confidence jump, Stream Sliding, Waterfall abseiling, Jungle trekking. Bird watching and cave exploration and last but not least river trips and expeditions.
Beauty Of Sri Lanka - ලස්සන ලංකා
Monday, January 13, 2020
Kitulgala | White Water Rafting (කිතුල්ගල)
Boasting about adventure sporting, Kitulagala is a town located in West of the road from Kandy to Nuwara Eliya. It's a town located in amid tickly forest hills. It has been once a filming place for the David Lean's 1957 Oscar-winning epic "Bridge on the River Kwai" on the banks of Kelani River. Most visitors for the adventure sporting are from Colombo. The Kitulgala's main attraction is White water rafting where you can ride the tides of Kelani River. Other than that it's popular for sports like confidence jump, Stream Sliding, Waterfall abseiling, Jungle trekking. Bird watching and cave exploration and last but not least river trips and expeditions.
Unawatuna Beach | Sri Lanka (සුන්දර උණවටුන මුහුදු තීරය)
Unawatuna Beach
Unawatuna is a coastal town in Galle district of Sri Lanka. Unawatuna is a major tourist attraction in Sri Lanka and known for its beach and corals. It is a suburb of Galle, about 5 km (3.1 mi) southeast to the city center and approximately 108 km (67 mi) south of Colombo.
Unawatuna is situated at an elevation of 5 m (16 ft) above the sea level. Despite significant development in the last decade it is still home to the endangered and endemic purple-faced langur, an usually shy monkey species that can only be found in Sri Lanka's forests. The remnant population in Unawatuna needs to be recognized and the remaining forest cover should be protected to preserve this beautiful creature. This will in turn provide unique opportunities for eco-tourism that will benefit all local communities and stakeholders as well as the environment and ecology.
උණවටුන යනු ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ගාල්ල දිස්ත්රික්කයේ පිහිටි වෙරළබඩ නගරයකි. උණවටුණ ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ප්රධාන සංචාරක ආකර්ෂණයක් හිමිකරගත් නගරයක් වන අතර වෙරළ සහ කොරල්පර සඳහාද ඉතා ප්රසිද්ධය. එය ගාල්ල නගරයට ආසන්නව, නගර මධ්යයට ගිනිකොණ දෙසට වන සේ කිලෝමීටර 5 ක් (සැතපුම් 3.1) ක් සහ කොළඹට දකුණින් කිලෝමීටර් 108 ක් (සැතපුම් 67) දුරින් පිහිටා තිබේ.
උණවටුණ පිහිටා ඇත්තේ මුහුදු මට්ටමේ සිට මීටර් 5 (අඩි 16) ක උන්නතාංශයක ය. පසුගිය දශකය තුළ සැලකිය යුතු දියුණුවක් තිබියදීත්, එහි තවමත් වඳවීමේ තර්ජනයට ලක්ව ඇති සහ ආවේණික දම් පැහැති මුහුණැති purple-faced langur නම් වදුරු විශේෂය වාසය කරයි. සාමාන්යයෙන් ලැජ්ජාශීලී වඳුරු විශේෂයක් වන මොවුන් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ වනාන්තරවල පමණක් දක්නට ලැබේ. මෙම සුන්දර සත්වයා ආරක්ෂා කිරීම සඳහා උන්වටුණ හි ඉතිරිව සිටින මෙම වදුරන් ප්රමාණය හඳුනාගත යුතු වන අතර ඉතිරි වනාන්තර ආවරණය කළ යුතුය. මෙමඟින් පරිසර සංචාරක ව්යාපාරය සඳහා සුවිශේෂී අවස්ථාවක් ලබා දෙන අතර එමඟින් සියලුම ප්රාදේශීය ප්රජාවන්ට සහ පාර්ශවකරුවන්ට මෙන්ම පරිසරයට හා පරිසර විද්යාවටද ප්රතිලාභ සැලසේ.
Boat Ride for locals - Rs. 2000.00 (one trip)
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
ථූපාරාම දාගැබ - Thuparamaya Temple
Thuparamaya is an ancient Buddhist temple in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Located in the sacred area of Mahamewna park, the Thuparamaya Stupa is the earliest Dagoba to be constructed in the island, dating back to the reign of King Devanampiya Tissa (247-207 BC). The temple has been formally recognised by the Government as an archaeological site in Sri Lanka.
ථූපාරාමය ශ්රී ලංකාවේ අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්රික්කයේ මහමෙව්නා උයනේ පිහිටා ඇත. දේවානම් පියතිස්ස රජු සමයේ (ක්රි. පූ. 247 - 207) ඉදි කළ මෙය ශ්රී ලංකාවේ මුල්ම දාගැබ ලෙස පිළිගැනේ.
අශෝක අධිරාජ්යයා විසින් එවන ලද තානාපතිවරයෙකු වූ මහින්ද හිමියන් විසින් ථේරවාදී බුදු සමය සහ චෛත්ය වන්දනාව ලංකාවට හදුන්වාදී තිබේ. මහින්ද හිමියන් විසින් කළ ඉල්ලීමකට අනුව දේවානම්පියතිස්ස රජු විසින් මෙම ථූපාරාම දාගැබ ඉදිකළ බවයි ඉතිහාසයේ සදහන් වෙන්නේ. බුදුදහම හදුන්වාදීමෙන් අනතුරුව ලංකාවේ ඉදි වූ මුල්ම දාගැබ වන්නේද මෙම ථූපාරාම දාගැබයි.
Bopath Falls
බෝපත්ත ඇල්ල පිහිටා ඇත්තේ ශ්රී ලංකාවේ රත්නපුර දිස්ත්රික්කයේය. දිය ඇල්ලේ මූලික පෙනුම බෝ කොළයකට සමාන වු නිසා මෙය බෝපත් ඇල්ල යනුවෙන් හදුන්වයි. මෙම දිය ඇල්ල ලංකාව තුළ ඇති සංචාරක ආකර්ෂණය දිනාගත් ප්රධාන දිය ඇළි අතරින් එකකි.
දිය ඇල්ල පිහිටා ඇත්තේ රත්නපුර දිස්ත්රික්කයේ, කුරුවිට, අගලවත්ත ප්රදේශයේය. ජෛව විවිධත්වයෙන් මනා ලෙස පෝෂණය වූ වනාන්තරයකින් මෙම ඇල්ල වට වී ඇත. දිය ඇල්ල කළු ගංගාවෙන් පෝෂණය වන අතර මෙහි උස මීටර් 30 කි. කොළඹ නගරයට ආසන්නව පිහිටා ඇති බැවින් දිය ඇල්ල වැඩි සංචාරක ආකර්ෂණයක් දිනා ගැනීමට සමත් වී ඇත. කෙසේ වෙතත් ඇල්ලට යන මාර්ගය දෙපස මේ වන විට කඩ සාප්පු ගණනාවක් ඇති වී ඇති බැවින් සහ ඇල්ලට පැමිණෙන සංචාරකයින්ගේ අදූර දර්ශී ක්රියා හේතුවෙන් දිය ඇල්ල සහ ඒ අවට පරිසරයේ ඇති සුන්දරත්වය දිනෙන් දින විනාශ මුඛයට යමින් පවතී.
Bopath Ella is a waterfall situated in the Ratnapura District of Sri Lanka. It has a shape very similar to the leaf of the Sacred fig or "Bo" tree, which has earned it this name. The waterfall is a major tourist attraction in the country.
Sunday, May 20, 2018
Baker's Falls
Baker's Falls is a famous waterfall in Sri Lanka. It is situated in Horton Plains National Park on a tributary of the Belihul Oya. The height of the Baker's waterfalls is 20 metres (66 ft). The falls were named after Sir Samuel Baker, who was a famous explorer. Many Rhododendron and Fern bushes can be seen around the waterfall.
බේකර්ස් ඇල්ල යනු ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ප්රසිද්ධ දිය ඇල්ලකි. බෙලිහුල් ඔයේ අතු ගංගාවක් ඔස්සේ ගලා බසින මෙම දිය ඇල්ල හෝර්ටන් තැන්නේ ජාතික උද්යානය තුළ පිහිටා ඇත. බේකර්ස් දිය ඇල්ලෙහි උස මීටර් 20 (අඩි 66) කි. ප්රසිද්ධ ගවේෂකයෙකු වූ ශ්රීමත් සැමුවෙල් බේකර්ස් විසින් මෙම ඇල්ල සොයා ගත් බැවින් එය බේකර්ස් ඇල්ල නමින් හදුන්වන ලදි.
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Monday, May 7, 2018
Koneswaram temple
Koneswaram temple (Tamil: திருக்கோணேச்சரம் Tirukkōṇēccaram, also known as Dakshinakailasha (Tamil: தென்கயிலை, Těņkayilai, litt. Southern Kailasa) is a classical-medieval Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva in Trincomalee, Eastern Sri Lanka. The temple is situated atop Konesar Malai, a promontory that overlooks the Indian Ocean, the nearby eastern coast (the Trincomalee District), as well as Trincomalee Harbour or Gokarna Bay. Konesvaram is revered as one the Pancha Ishwarams, of Sri Lanka for long time. Being a major place for Hindu pilgrimage, it was labelled "Rome of the Gentiles/Pagans of the Orient" in some records. Konesvaram holds a significant role in the religious and cultural history of Sri Lanka, as it was likely built during the reign of the early Cholas and the Five Dravidians of the Early Pandyan Kingdom.
Pallava, Chola, Pandyan and Jaffna designs here reflect a continuous Tamil Saivite influence in the Vannimai region beginning during the classical period. The river Mahavali is believed to be risen at Sivanolipatha Malai, {{lang|tm|Mount of Shiva's glowing feet, and meets the sea near Konesvaram Rock. This formation is the basis of the myth that it is comparable to Ganges, in that it symbolically crowns the flowing of river from Shiva's head to his feet.
Developed from 205 B.C., the original kovil combined key features to form its basic Dravidian temple plan, such as its thousand pillared hall – "Aayiram Kaal Mandapam" – and the Jagati expanded by King Ellalan Manu Needhi Cholan. Regarded as the greatest building of its age for its architecture, elaborate sculptural bas-relief ornamentation adorne a black granite megalith. In the medieval period, its multiple gold plated gopuram towers were expanded.
The Koneswaram Temple is one of three major Hindu shrines on the promontory with a colossal gopuram tower, but it stands distinctly on the cape's highest eminence. The Pavanasam Theertham at the preserved Papanasuchunai holy well and the proximal Back Bay Sea (Theertham Karatkarai) surrounding Konesar Malai.
The complex was destroyed by the Portuguese Empire in colonial religious attacks between 1622 and 1624, and Fort Fredrick was built at the site from its debris. In 1632 Ati Konanayakar Temple was built, and housed some of its original idols, but was located away from the city houses.
Worldwide interest was renewed following the discovery of its underwater and land ruins, sculptures and Chola bronzes by archaeologists and Arthur C. Clarke. They were preserved through restorations, most recently in the 1950s. Granted ownership of villages in its floruit to form, the Trincomalee District, Trincomalee village is located on the cape isthmus within the compounds. The modern temple has been a source of conflict between the majority Sinhalese and minority Tamils due to its position in a geostrategically important area. Revenue from the temple provides services and food to local residents.
Koneswaram has many strong historical associations. The shrine is described in the Vayu Purana, the Konesar Kalvettu and Tevaram hymns by Sambandhar and Sundarar as a Paadal Petra Sthalam along with its west coast counterpart Ketheeswaram temple, Mannar, it is the birthplace of Patanjali, the compiler of the Yoga Sutras and was praised for its tradition by Arunagirinathar upon his visit. The Dakshina Kailasa Puranam and Manmiam works note it as Dakshina/Then Kailasam (Mount Kailash of the South) for its longitudinal position and pre-eminence, it lies directly east of Kudiramalai west coast Hindu port town, while it is the easternmost shrine of the five ancient Iswarams of Shiva on the island. Mentioned as a widely popular bay temple of the island in the Mahabharata, Ramayana and Yalpana Vaipava Malai, the Mattakallappu Manmiam confirms its sacred status for all Hindus. Kachiyappa Sivachariar's Kanda Puranam compares the temple to Thillai Chidambaram Temple and Mount Kailash in Saivite esteem. Konesar Malai may have been the site where Yoga originated; some scholars have suggested that the worship of the almighty god Eiswara on the promontory is the most ancient form of worship existing.[1] Dr. Paul E. Pieris declared in 1917, at a meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society (Ceylon Branch), there was in Lanka five recognised 'Eeswararns' of Siva, which claimed and received adoration of all India. These were Tiruketheesvaram near Mahathitha, Munneswaram, Thondeswaram, Naguleswaram and Tirukoneswaram
Pallava, Chola, Pandyan and Jaffna designs here reflect a continuous Tamil Saivite influence in the Vannimai region beginning during the classical period. The river Mahavali is believed to be risen at Sivanolipatha Malai, {{lang|tm|Mount of Shiva's glowing feet, and meets the sea near Konesvaram Rock. This formation is the basis of the myth that it is comparable to Ganges, in that it symbolically crowns the flowing of river from Shiva's head to his feet.
Developed from 205 B.C., the original kovil combined key features to form its basic Dravidian temple plan, such as its thousand pillared hall – "Aayiram Kaal Mandapam" – and the Jagati expanded by King Ellalan Manu Needhi Cholan. Regarded as the greatest building of its age for its architecture, elaborate sculptural bas-relief ornamentation adorne a black granite megalith. In the medieval period, its multiple gold plated gopuram towers were expanded.
The Koneswaram Temple is one of three major Hindu shrines on the promontory with a colossal gopuram tower, but it stands distinctly on the cape's highest eminence. The Pavanasam Theertham at the preserved Papanasuchunai holy well and the proximal Back Bay Sea (Theertham Karatkarai) surrounding Konesar Malai.
The complex was destroyed by the Portuguese Empire in colonial religious attacks between 1622 and 1624, and Fort Fredrick was built at the site from its debris. In 1632 Ati Konanayakar Temple was built, and housed some of its original idols, but was located away from the city houses.
Worldwide interest was renewed following the discovery of its underwater and land ruins, sculptures and Chola bronzes by archaeologists and Arthur C. Clarke. They were preserved through restorations, most recently in the 1950s. Granted ownership of villages in its floruit to form, the Trincomalee District, Trincomalee village is located on the cape isthmus within the compounds. The modern temple has been a source of conflict between the majority Sinhalese and minority Tamils due to its position in a geostrategically important area. Revenue from the temple provides services and food to local residents.
Koneswaram has many strong historical associations. The shrine is described in the Vayu Purana, the Konesar Kalvettu and Tevaram hymns by Sambandhar and Sundarar as a Paadal Petra Sthalam along with its west coast counterpart Ketheeswaram temple, Mannar, it is the birthplace of Patanjali, the compiler of the Yoga Sutras and was praised for its tradition by Arunagirinathar upon his visit. The Dakshina Kailasa Puranam and Manmiam works note it as Dakshina/Then Kailasam (Mount Kailash of the South) for its longitudinal position and pre-eminence, it lies directly east of Kudiramalai west coast Hindu port town, while it is the easternmost shrine of the five ancient Iswarams of Shiva on the island. Mentioned as a widely popular bay temple of the island in the Mahabharata, Ramayana and Yalpana Vaipava Malai, the Mattakallappu Manmiam confirms its sacred status for all Hindus. Kachiyappa Sivachariar's Kanda Puranam compares the temple to Thillai Chidambaram Temple and Mount Kailash in Saivite esteem. Konesar Malai may have been the site where Yoga originated; some scholars have suggested that the worship of the almighty god Eiswara on the promontory is the most ancient form of worship existing.[1] Dr. Paul E. Pieris declared in 1917, at a meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society (Ceylon Branch), there was in Lanka five recognised 'Eeswararns' of Siva, which claimed and received adoration of all India. These were Tiruketheesvaram near Mahathitha, Munneswaram, Thondeswaram, Naguleswaram and Tirukoneswaram
Katharagama Kiri Vehera - කතරගම කිරි වෙහෙර
Kiri Vehera is an ancient stupa situated in Kataragama, Sri Lanka. This stupa probably dates back to the 6th century BC and is believed to be built by King Mahasena, a regional ruler of Kataragama area.One of the most popular Buddhist pilgrimage sites in the country, Kiri Vehera is among the Solosmasthana, the 16 most sacred Buddhist pilgrimage sites of ancient Sri Lanka. This stupa which is 95 ft. in height with a circumference of 280 ft. is located 800 m North to the famous Ruhunu Maha Kataragama Devalaya. Venerable Kobawaka Dhamminda Thera is the present Chief Prelate of Kirivehera Rajamaha Viharaya.
කිරි වෙහෙර යනු ශ්රී ලංකාවේ කතරගම ප්රදේශයේ පිහිටා ඇති පැරණි ස්ථූපයකි. ක්රි.පූ. 6 වන සියවස තෙක් මෙම ස්ථානය ඈතට දිව යයි. එය කතරගම ප්රදේශයේ ප්රාදේශීය පාලකයෙකු වන මහසෙන් විසින් ගොඩනගා ඇතැයි විශ්වාස කෙරේ. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ වඩාත්ම ජනප්රිය බෞද්ධ වන්දනා ස්ථානයක් වන කිරි වෙහෙර ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරාණ බෞද්ධ සිද්ධස්ථාන 16 ක් වන සොලොස්මස්ථාන අතර වේ. අඩි 95 ක් පමණ උසින් යුත් මෙම ස්ථූපය රුහුණු මහා කතරගම දේවාලයේ සිට මීටර් 800 ක් උතුරින් පිහිටා ඇත. කිරිවෙහෙර රජමහා විහාරයේ වත්මන් ප්රධාන අනුප්රාප්තිකයා වන්නේ කොබාවක ධම්මින්ද හිමිපාණන්ය.
Horton Plains National Park
Horton Plains National Park is a protected area in the central highlands of Sri Lanka and is covered by montane grassland and cloud forest. This plateau at an altitude of 2,100–2,300 metres (6,900–7,500 ft) is rich in biodiversity and many species found here are endemic to the region. This region was designated a national park in 1988. It is also a popular tourist destination and is situated 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Ohiya, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the world famous Ohiya Gap/Dondra Watch and 32 kilometres (20 mi) from Nuwara Eliya.
The Horton Plains are the headwaters of three major Sri Lankan rivers, the Mahaweli, Kelani, and Walawe. In Sinhala the plains are known as Maha Eliya Plains (මහ එළිය තැන්න). Stone tools dating back to Balangoda culture have been found here. The plains' vegetation is grasslands interspersed with montane forest and includes many endemic woody plants. Large herds of Sri Lankan sambar deer feature as typical mammals and the park is also an Important Bird Area with many species not only endemic to Sri Lanka but restricted to the Horton Plains. Forest dieback is one of the major threats to the park and some studies suggest that it is caused by a natural phenomenon.
The sheer precipice of World's End and Baker's Falls are among the tourist attractions of the park.
From Wikipedia
හොර්ටන් තැන්න ජාතික උද්යානය ශ්රී ලංකාවේ මධ්යම කඳුකරයේ පිහිටා ඇති අතර එය කඳුකර තෘණ සහ වලාකුළු වනාන්තර වලින් ආවරණය වෙයි. මීටර් 2,100-2,300 ක උසකින් යුත් මෙම සානුව ජෛව විවිධත්වයන් පොහොසත් වන අතර මෙහි දක්නට ලැබෙන බොහොමයක් ශාක එම ප්රදේශයට ආවේණික වෙයි. 1988 දී මෙම කලාපය ජාතික වනෝද්යානයක් ලෙස නම් කරන ලදි. බලංගොඩ සංස්කෘතිය කරා දිවෙන ගල් මෙවලම් මෙහි දක්නට ඇත. කඳුකරයේ වෘක්ෂලතා ආදියද, කඳුකර වනාන්තර සහිත ආවේණික ශාක විශේෂද මෙහි ඇතුළත් වේ.
Ramboda Falls
From Wikipedia
Maha Saman Dewalaya - Ratnapura
Maha Saman Devalaya or the Great Saman Temple (also called Sumana Saman Devalaya) is a shrine dedicated to deity Saman, situated at Ratnapura, Sri Lanka who is the presiding deity of the Sri Pada Mountain (Adam's Peak) which is also called Samanthakuta meaning the mountain of Saman which is believed to have the left foot impression of Lord Buddha which he kept in his visit to Sri Lanka.
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