Ravana Falls - Ella

The Ravana Falls (popularly known as Ravana Ella in Sinhala) is a popular sightseeing attraction in Sri Lanka. It currently ranks as one of the widest falls in the country. This waterfall measures approximately 25 m (82 ft) in high and cascade from an oval-shaped concave rock outcrop. During the local wet season, the waterfall turns into what is said to resemble an areca flower with withering petals. But this is not the case in the...

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Bellanwila Esala Perahera - 2012

The Annual Bellanwila Perahera will be held in grandeur this year too. The Paavada Perahera of the Esala Festival is now in progress.The Ven. Prof. Bellanwila Wimalarathana Thera of the Bellanwila Raja Maha Vihare said that the final Randoli Perahera will be held on Saturday. The prelate pointed out that all arrangements have been finalized by the Esala Perahera Committee for the conduct of the Esala Festival of the Raja Maha Vihare...

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Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya

This village has become the cynosure of all – Buddhist – non Buddhist, locals and foreigners – because of the Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya located therein. This temple is considered a place of great sanctity and veneration. And this is mainly due to its sacred Bodhi – tree. Historical records reveal that this Bodhi – tree is one of the 32 saplings that sprang from the sacted Bodhi – tree at Anuradhapura planted in the 3rd century B.C. The 32 saplings...

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Northcove Cabanas - Bogawantalawa

Northcove cabanas are situated in the far end of a tea estate called Loinorn,  in Bagawanthalawa. You can get there along two routes. Either via Avissawella -> Ginigathhena -> Hatton -> Norwood -> Bagawanthalawa -> Campion bazar -> Northcove or Avissawella -> Ratnapura -> Balangoda -> Pinnawala -> Campion bazar -> Northcove. It's 29 km from Norwood along the B329 road. Altitude of the place is well above...

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Madu River - Balapitiya

Madu River which flows across Balapitiya (approx 80kms down south) is one of the rarely visited and unspoiled attractions any nature lover can find in Sri Lanka. She boasts of having a cluster of 64 small islands scattered along her path and the most of which are uninhabited and covered with mangroves. The largest is known as "Ma Doowa" where about 300 families live and the smallest is called "Satha Paha Doowa". According to folklore this islet had been...

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Ritigala Mountain - Sri Lanka - රිටිගල රක්ෂිත වනාන්තරය

මහ වැව් දාගැබ් සිය ගණනක් ඉදිවු රජ ර‍‍‍‍ටේ වන වදුලින් ආවරණය වු රක්ෂිත වනාන්තර වලින් මුල් තැනක් රිටිගලවන පියසට හිමි‍‍‍‍‍වෙයි.‍‍‍‍‍‍සොබාදහමට ප්‍රිය කරන ඕනෑම ‍කෙ‍‍‍‍‍‍නෙකු‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ගේ සිත පිනා යන අපූරු සුන්දරත්වයක් මේ තුල ඇත. වන සංරක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ දැඩි රක්ෂිතයක්ව ඇති මෙම කඳු ශිඛරයේ ඇති රූස්ස ගස් වලින්ද මෙහි ඉතිහාසය පිළිබිඹු වේ. පිහිටීම උතරු මැද පළෘතේ,අනුරධපුරයට නුදුරින් රිටිගල කන්ද පිහිටා ඇත. පලුගස් වැව ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම්...

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Searchable Map of Sri Lanka using Google Earth Data

Satellite view is showing Sri Lanka situated south of the Indian subcontinent. The administrative capital of Sri Lanka is Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, situated more or less within Colombo, the former capital and largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. The Map shows the island with cities, expressways, main roads and streets, Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo. To find a location use the form below. To view just the map,...

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