| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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Bathing pool.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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Inscription in the language of Pali on a stele.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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The entrance to Siva Devale number 1.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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Siva Devale number 1.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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The Vatadage.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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The Vatadage is a circular Buddhist shrine.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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Seated Buddha.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
Site / Event : Thuparama
|
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Thuparama.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
Site / Event : Thuparama
|
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Thuparama is one of the best preserved temples.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
Site / Event : Gal Pota
|
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Gal Pota was carried to Polonnaruwa over 170km.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
Site / Event : Gal Pota
|
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The Pali inscription.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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Nissanka Malla's Palace.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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The Hatadage.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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Standing Buddhas.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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Stone window.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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The city walls.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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The site is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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A Buddhist shrine.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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The site is extensive.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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The Satmahal Prasada.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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The Lankatilaka and Kiri Vihara.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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The Lankatilaka.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
Site / Event : Kiri Vihara
|
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The magnificent Kiri Vihara stupa.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
Site / Event : Kiri Vihara
|
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A row of columns leads to a standing Buddha.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
 |
Siva Devale number 2.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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Pabula Vihara.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
|
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Rankot Vihara being rennovated.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
Site / Event : Potgul Vihara
|
 |
Potgul Vihara covers a large area.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
Site / Event : Potgul Vihara
|
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Potgul Vihara is a walled enclosure.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
Site / Event : Potgul Vihara
|
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The standing Buddha.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
Site / Event : Gal Vihara
|
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Gal Vihara is a rock carved with beautiful Buddhas.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
Site / Event : Gal Vihara
|
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The stone carved Reclining Buddha is one of the most beautiful in the world.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
Site / Event : Gal Vihara
|
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The delicate stonework of the pillow and the Buddha at Gal Vihara.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
Site / Event : Topawewa Lake
|
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The ruins at Polonnaruwa sit next to Topawewa, an artificial lake.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
Site / Event : Topawewa Lake
|
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Topawewa lake is the centre of the ancient city.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
Site / Event : Topawewa Lake
|
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Kingfisher.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
Site / Event : Topawewa Lake
|
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Bathing.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
Site / Event : Topawewa Lake
|
 |
Rural scene in the lake.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Polonnaruwa
Site / Event : Topawewa Lake
|
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Sunset over the lake from the ancient city.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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The ancient city of Anuradhapura.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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Anuradhapura was established in the 4th century BCE.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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Ruvanvelisiya Dagoba.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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The site is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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Brazen Palace.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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Sri Maha Bodhi.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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Mahasen Palace.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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Abhayagiri Dagoba is 72m high and 94m in circumference.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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Sahmadi statues.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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The city is built around Kuttam Pokuna, a pair if twin ponds.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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Carved snake.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
Site / Event : Royal Park
|
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The Royal Park is a complex within the old city.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
Site / Event : Royal Park
|
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Structures in the Royal Park are built among large rocks and boulders .
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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The ancient city dates from 380 BCE.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
 |
Isurumuniya.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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Anuradhapura reached its peak about 2100 years ago.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
 |
Elephant carved into the rock.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
 |
The city had a complex administration system and one of the best irrigations systems in the ancient world.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
 |
Painted Buddhas.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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Much of the site in unexcavated.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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People attending the festival of Wesak.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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Wesak occurs at the Full Moon in May.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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Family dressed up for the Wessak festival.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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A Hindu Tovil (temple).
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
 |
Hindus are a minority in Sri Lanka.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
Site / Event : Tissawewa Lake
|
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Tissawewa is an artificial lake built in 1st century BCE.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
Site / Event : Tissawewa Lake
|
 |
View of the lake.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
Site / Event : Tissawewa Lake
|
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Lilies.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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Buddhist shrine in the town.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
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Coconut sellers.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Anuradhapura
|
 |
Family from Anuradhapura.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Mihintale
|
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Mihintale is a 300m peak which is a pilgrimage site.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Mihintale
|
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The site overlooks the ruins of a hospital, considered to be the oldest in the world.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Mihintale
|
 |
Mihintale is named after the son of Ashoka who is said to have brought Buddhism to Sri Lanka.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Mihintale
Site / Event : Kantaka Cetiya
|
 |
Kantaka Cetiya is a structure below the stupa on the peak.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Mihintale
Site / Event : Kantaka Cetiya
|
 |
The carved Kantaka Cetiya dates from the 1st century BCE.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Mihintale
|
 |
Ambasthale Pagoda.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Mihintale
|
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Statue of one of the ancient kings.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Mihintale
|
 |
Peacock.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Mihintale
|
 |
The monks' refrectory.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Mihintale
|
 |
Sinha Pokuna.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Mihintale
Site / Event : Mahaseya Dagoba
|
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Shrine within Mahaseya Dagoba.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Mihintale
Site / Event : Mahaseya Dagoba
|
 |
Group of men.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Mihintale
|
 |
Kaludiya Pokuna.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Mihintale
|
 |
Indikata Vihara.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Negombo
|
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Negombo was once a Dutch colony.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Negombo
|
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Children outside one of the many churches in the city.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Negombo
|
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A cyclist passes a Protestant church.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Negombo
|
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The city has many Dutch style canals.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Negombo
|
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Canal boats.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Negombo
|
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Church overlooking a canal.
|
1983 |
were added from 1 February 2025.