How to Travel Anuradhapura
Anuradhapura divides into two distinct areas: Anuradhapura New Town, which is home to almost all the town’s accommodation and practical services, and the Sacred Precinct to the west, site of…
View PostAnuradhapura divides into two distinct areas: Anuradhapura New Town, which is home to almost all the town’s accommodation and practical services, and the Sacred Precinct to the west, site of…
View PostThe whole site is much too big to cover on foot, and it’s far easier to explore by bicycle.These can be hired from virtually all the town’s guesthouses for Rs.300–400…
View PostQuadrangle Polonnaruwa Only a short stroll north of the royal palace ruins, the area known as the Quadrangle is literally that – a compact group of fascinating ruins in a raised-up area…
View PostRuwanwelisaya Dagoba in Anuradhapura Behind the Folk Museum, this fine white dagoba is guarded by a wall with a frieze of hundreds of elephants standing shoulder to shoulder.it is popularly…
View PostAnuradhapura first became a capital in 380 BC under Pandukabhaya, but it was under Devanampiya Tissa (r 247–207 BC) – during whose reign Buddhism reached Sri Lanka – that it…
View PostAbhayagiri Dagoba (Abhayagiri Temple - Abhayagiri Vihara) The huge Abhayagiri Dagoba created in the 1st or 2nd century BC, was the centrepiece of a monastery of 5000 monks. The name…
View PostThuparamaya Dagoba in Anuradhapura is the first Buddhist strucutre in Anuradhapura. It is located a short distance from the Lankarama Stupa. Compared with the other dagobas in Anuradhapura, it is…
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