It ranks among the very first temples in Sri Lanka, founded by Devanampiyatissa, the first Buddhist king. It is to the Aluvihare temple that you must go to absorb traditions of Sri Lankan Buddhism ...

The highest in Sri Lanka, Pidurutalaga mountain is 2,524 metres high and is located near ... Thereafter several kings had built temples and dagobas which were destroyed due to foreign invasions. In ...

Today, Kandy is considered the country's cultural capital and is the ultimate mountain destination for travelers to be pampered after chilling on Sri Lanka's ... (or the Temple of the Scared ...