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  2. Saman Villas - Wikipedia

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    Saman Villas. / 6.395511; 80.00455. Saman Villas is located in the fishing village of Aturuwella, near the south west coastal town of Bentota, Sri Lanka. Saman Villas opened its doors on Christmas Day in 1995. [1] It is Sri Lanka's first boutique hotel.

  3. 2022 Sri Lankan protests - Wikipedia

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    The 2022 Sri Lankan protests, commonly known as Aragalaya ( Sinhala: අරගලය, lit. 'The Struggle'), were a series of mass protests that began in March 2022 against the government of Sri Lanka. The government was heavily criticized for mismanaging the Sri Lankan economy, which led to a subsequent economic crisis involving severe ...

  4. Saman Chandranath Weerasinghe - Wikipedia

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    Saman Chandranath Weerasinghe (5 July 1947 – 15 February 2022: සමන් චන්ද්‍රනාත් වීරසිංහ), was an award-winning Sri Lankan journalist, lyricist, poet, and novelist. [1] Considered one of the most iconic and prolific lyricists ever produced in the country, he contributed to more than 2,000 songs in a ...

  5. Cinnamon Life Integrated Resort - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .cinnamonlife .com. Cinnamon Life Integrated Resort is the first integrated resort in Sri Lanka [2] and the largest private investment in the country. [3] Sri Lankan-British architect, Cecil Balmond designed the resort while Hyundai Engineering & Construction is the main contractor. The construction of the resort began in 2014.

  6. Adam's Peak - Wikipedia

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    Adam's Peak is a 2,243 m (7,359 ft) tall conical sacred mountain located in central Sri Lanka. [1] [2] It is well known for the Sri Pada ( Śrī Pāda ; Sinhala: ශ්‍රී පාද, 'sacred footprint'), a 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) rock formation near the summit whose name is also used for the mountain itself. In Buddhist tradition the print is ...

  7. Ratnapura - Wikipedia

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    It is the capital city of Sabaragamuwa Province, as well as the Ratnapura District, and is a traditional centre for the Sri Lankan gem trade. It is located on the Kalu Ganga (Black River) in south-central Sri Lanka, some 101 km (63 mi) southeast of the country's capital, Colombo. Ratnapura is also spelled as Rathnapura.

  8. Sagala Ratnayaka - Wikipedia

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    Colombo 7, Sri Lanka. Sagala Gajendra Ratnayaka (born 27 February 1968) is a Sri Lankan politician who has been serving as the chief of staff to the president of Sri Lanka and National Security Advisor since 2022. He had served as the Cabinet Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development (2015-2018); Youth Affairs and Southern Development ...

  9. Maha Saman Devalaya - Wikipedia

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    Maha Saman Devalaya or the Great Saman Temple (also called Sumana Saman Devalaya) is a shrine dedicated to deity Saman, situated at Ratnapura, Sri Lanka who is the presiding deity of the Sri Pada Mountain which is also called Samanthakuta meaning the mountain of Saman which is believed to have the left foot impression of Buddha which he kept in his visit to Sri Lanka.