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N\A. Technical. Track gauge. 5 ft 6 in ( 1,676 mm) Rajarata Rejini ( Sinhala: රජරට රැජිණි, Queen of the King's Land) is a daytime passenger train that runs between Anuradhapura and Beliatta via Colombo Fort in Sri Lanka . The Rajarata Rejini is currently the second longest train journey in Sri Lanka covering the more than 3/ ...
railway station Code District Elevation m Distance between Colombo Fort Km; Colombo Fort: FOT Colombo: 4.87 0 Maradana: MDA Colombo: 5.46 2.08 Dematagoda: DAG Colombo: 3.05
Anuradhapura is the best representation of the beginnings of pre-modern urbanization in Sri Lanka. The development of the initial settlement at the site of the city can be attributed to the second global cycle of historical evolution with the generalised diffusion of iron technology in the Old World through the first millennium BCE ...
8°20′41″N 80°23′48″E. / 8.34472°N 80.39667°E / 8.34472; 80.39667. Date seeded. 236 BC (planted) Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi Tree is a historical sacred bo tree ( Ficus religiosa) in the Mahamewuna Garden in historical city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. This is believed to be a tree grown from a cutting of the southern branch from the ...
As of 2022, Sri Lanka has eight sites on the list. The first three sites, the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa, the Ancient City of Sigiriya, and the Sacred City of Anuradhapura, were listed in 1982. The most recent site, the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, was listed in 2010. The Central Highlands and the Sinharaja Forest Reserve are natural sites ...
Sigiriya today is a UNESCO listed World ... with the intention of returning and retaking the throne of Sri Lanka, which he considered to be rightfully his ...
Kuttam Pokuna. Kuttam Pokuna viewed from the south. Kuttam Pokuna (twin ponds or pools) are well preserved old bathing tanks or ponds in Sri Lanka. This pair of ponds was built by the Sinhalese in the ancient Anuradhapura Kingdom. They form part of the Abhayagiri vihāra complex and are an example of the works in the field of hydrological ...
Kollupitiya-Sri Jayawardenapura: 7.12 A1 Colombo-Kandy: 115.85 A2 Colombo-Wellawaya via Galle and Hambantota: 317.78 A3 Peliyagoda-Puttalam via Ja-Ela, Negombo and Chilaw: 126 A4 Colombo-Batticaloa via Ratnapura and Wellawaya: 430 A5 Peradeniya-Chenkalady via Badulla: 276 A6 Ambepussa-Trincomalee via Kurunegala: 198.71 A7 Avissawella-Nuwara Eliya