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  2. Taprobane Island (Weligama) - Wikipedia

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    Taprobane Island, originally called "Galduwa" [1] ("Rock Island" in Sinhalese), is a private island with one villa, located just off the southern coast of Sri Lanka opposite the village of Weligama. The island was renamed after the old Greek word for Sri Lanka, by its most famous owner, Maurice Talvande (who styled himself as "Count de Mauny ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Adam's Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Adam's Bridge, [a] also known as Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu, [c] is a chain of natural limestone shoals between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka. Geological evidence suggests that the bridge was formerly a land connection ...

  5. Saifee Villa - Wikipedia

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    Saifee Villa (previously known as Lakshmigiri) is a mansion at 102, Thurstan Road in Colombo 03, Sri Lanka, located between Thunmulla Junction and College House, Colombo. [1] 6°53′57.05″N 79°51′33.00″E  /  6.8991806°N 79.8591667°E  / 6.8991806; 79.8591667

  6. S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike - Wikipedia

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    S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike. Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike [alt 1] (8 January 1899 – 26 September 1959), also known as "The Silver Bell of Asia" (ආසියාවේ රිදී සීනුව), was a Ceylonese statesman who served as the fourth Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka ), serving from 1956 until his ...

  7. Sigiriya - Wikipedia

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    According to Paranavithana, during this period over 75 ships carrying Murundi soldiers from Mangalore arrived in Sri Lanka and landed in Chilaw to protect King Dathusena, most of them Christians. King Dathusena's daughter was married to Migara, a Christian and the commander of the Singhalese army. Archaeological remains and features

  8. Walauwa - Wikipedia

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    Walauwa. Walauwa or walawwa is the name given to a feudal / colonial manor house in Sri Lanka of a native headmen. It also refers to the feudal social systems that existed during the colonial era. The term walauwa is derived from the Tamil word valavu, which denotes a compound or garden, and by implication, a large house with aristocratic ...

  9. List of hotels in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    List of hotels in Sri Lanka. Jetwing Vil Uyana, Sigiriya is an eco hotel built on an abandoned paddy field. According to the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), there are 156 classified tourist hotels and 228 unclassified tourist hotels in Sri Lanka. [1] Additionally, there are 40 boutique hotels, 51 boutique villas and 895 ...

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