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Sri Lankan Travel Guide

  Welcome to our Travel Guide

Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)is an island nation south of India in the Indian Ocean. Its diverse landscapes range from rain forest and arid plains to highlands and sandy beaches. It's famed for its ancient Buddhist ruins Including the 5th-Century citadel Sigiriya, with its palace and frescoes. The city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka's ancient capital, has many ruins dating back more than 2,000 years.



  Travel Locations:

  • Sri Dalada Maligawa -Kandy


Sri Dalada Maligawa or the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in the royal palace complex of the former kingdom of Kandy, witch house the relic of the tooth of the Buddha. Since ancient times, the relic has played an important role in local politics decease it is believed that whoever holds the relic holds the governance of the country. Kandy was the last capital of the Sri Lankan kings and is a world heritage site mainly due to the temple.  

  • Sigiriya - Dambulla


Sigiriya or Sinhagiri is an ancient rock fortress located in the central Matale District near the town of Dambulla in the Central province, Sri Lanka.

  • Anuradhapura


 Anuradhapura is a major city in Sri Lanaka. It is the Capital city of North Central Province, Sri Lanka and the capital of Anuradhapura District. Anuradhapura is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanaka, Famous for  its well-preserved ruins of an ancient Sri Lankan Civilization. It was the third capital of the Kingdom of  Rajarata, following the Kingdoms of Tambapanni and Upatissa Nuwara.


  • Trincomalee Fort


Fort Fredrick also known an Trincomalee Fort or Fort of Triquillimale is a fort built by the Portuguese at Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Completed in 1624 CE, built on Swami Rock-Konamamalai from the debris of the world famous ancient Hindu Koneswaram temple (Temple of a Thousand Pillars) The temple was destroyed by the Portuguese colonial Constantino de Sa' de Noronha under Phillip Ⅲ, occupier of the Jaffna Kingdom and Malabar country on the island.
         On the Konumalai cape was also built a new village of Portuguese and Tamil people, 50 Portuguese Soldiers and inside the fort, a church named after "Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe" The Fort of Triquillimale was dismantled and rebuilt by the Dutch in 1665, renamed Fort Fredrick.  








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