Culture & Art / Temples

Aluvihāra Rock Cave Temple.The Aluvihare Rock Temple (also called Matale Alu Viharaya) is a sacred Buddhist temple located in Aluvihare, Matale District of Sri ...

Temple is located near Maritime museum in Colombo port. On the top of the temple is very beautiful view at harbour, port and city.

Sri Dalada Maligawa or The temple of the sacred tooth relic Buddha is the main temple of Sri Lanka, located in Kandy (the ancient capital of the Kingdom). In th...

The temple is located on a rocky headland end of the Unawatuna beach, on the top of that is wonderful view of the entire Unawatuna harbor.

About the architecture of the pagoda the best is said in the book “Japanese artistic tradition” T. Grigoryeva: “The architecture of the pagoda...

Buddhist temple complex Kande Viharaya in Beruwala is famous for the highest in Sri Lanka statue of a seated Buddha with a height of 48 meters.

In VIII century BC Muslims settled in Beruwela, which is trading in precious items and gem stones from Africa. The city has a lot of mosques. One of the most re...

Buddhist temple Kalutara Bodhiya has the largest hollow stupa in the World, and the sacred Bodhi tree. Every year in February, there is a Grand festival of Nava...

Agurukaramulla or Bodhirajarama is the colorful temple with a 6-.m Buddha, ornate sculptures, murals & the ruins of a historic library.

St. Paul’s Church is situated in the Milagiriya district of Colombo. It is one of the oldest churches in Sri Lanka as now part of the Anglican Church of C...

Jami-Ul-Alfar Mosque is a one of the oldest mosques in Colombo and a popular tourist site in the city. This is historic mosque is located on Second Cross Street...

Sri Pada is one of the highest mountains, on top of which at an altitude of about 2243 meters is a temple and a sacred relic – Sacred Footprint of Adam. Therefo...

On the route to the “Cultural Triangle of Sri Lanka” in Central province Matale is another attraction included in the list of UNESCO World heritage ...

Buddhists believe that the Temple Kelaniya Rajamaha Viharaya in 2035 (according to Buddhist calendar) visited the Great Buddha. In the place where now is locate...