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Gangaramaya Temple, Colombo  
   

Gangaramaya Temple, Colombo

Inside the main shrine at the Gangaramaya Temple.
Sri Lanka: The Cities & The History

February 4th 2017
The only things I really knew about Sri Lanka before going there was that it was once called Ceylon (when the British ruled there), that the country produces a lot of tea and I knew a fair bit about their cricket team. Old playing legends such as Aravinda da Silva, Aruna Ranatunga and Chaminda Vaas, and newer ones such as Muttiah Muralitharan, Kumar Sangakkara and Tillekaratne Dilshan. But other t ... read more
Asia » Sri Lanka » Southern Province » Galle

Sri Lankan Flag The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa... ... read more
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