Tag: History

Home to a tea museum and an immersive tea experience, the Handunugoda Tea Estate offers visitors a journey through history, ...

Words and Photography: Arrenga H Nadaraja. Sigiriya Rock Fortress At dawn, when the air was still crisp and the moon ...

A Journey into Sri Lanka’s Ancient Heart Words Jack Thornton. Photography BT Images. The Sigiriya Lion Rock Fortress stands proudly as a sentinel ...

derived from Esala Pōya Day Screenshot When we talk about women’s emancipation, we must take into account the 2,500-year-old history ...

The greatest treasures of the Sankapala Raja Maha Viharaya remain underground.

An ancient temple hidden in the jungle on the far side of the Central Highlands, its origins unknown and unexplored, ...

A repository of legend and lore, Kala Wewa has seen so much human drama

By Iris Manampery Their canon report - it is like thunder The Portuguese arrived on the shores of Lanka during ...

Royal Day Recalled by Maureen Seneviratne The Portuguese buildings occupied the area of the President' House. Colombo, a royal city? ...

Iris Manampery Masked dancers join with gay abandon. On the way down from Colombo to Galle is the village of ...