Beautiful & Important Places of Sri Lanka

Seegiriya Rock

Seegirriya was built by King Kashyapa. According to the legend, king Dathusens is the father of king Kashyapa. After king Kashyapa came to his young age he asked treasures from his father. But king Dathusena hadn’t any treasures. After heard that, Kashyapa got very angry & later he killed his father & took the throne. He had an elder brother named Moggalllana & he was the real inheriter to the throne. After King Kashyapa became the king Moggallana escaped to India in fear of his brother. After happened all of this things king Kashyapa thought one day his brother will come back & attack to him. So he decided to build this fantastic rock as his palace. That’s how seegiriya was created.

            It is not only a castle. It has beautiful pond, pleasure gardens & various other beautiful places to enjoy on the top of the rock. Seegiriya rock frescoes are the other major attraction. Modern engineers also wondered about this because it is still remaining for thousand years.  And the other attraction thing is statue of lion in the midway to the Seegiriya. If we want to enter to Seegiriya, We have to walk through the sinha’s (lion’s) Giriya (throat).  That’s how Seegiriya got its name. Seegiriya is a world heritage site & now it is proposed as the eight wonder of the world. So it is our duty to protect it for our future generation  

Yapahuwa Kingdom

In the 13^th centenary Ypahuwa became the capital of Sri Lanka. King Bhuvanekabahu I (1273-1284) built this great place as his kingdom. This is 145km away from Colombo & the height of rock is 90metres. We can consider this as a castle to protect from enemy raids. On the top of the rock there’s a cave temple was built for monks in the far away forest. It is said that the sacred Tooth Relic was brought from Dambadeniya to Yapahuwa for protect it. Today it is a most important historical site of Sri Lanka. 

Awkana Buddha Statue

The Awkana Buddha is another great effort of our forefathers. It is situated the way to Anuradhapura junction. Near to the statue there is a famous lake called “Kala Wewa”. Both of them were created by king Dathusena (who ruled Sri Lanka in 455 AD). All the devotees who come to worship this statue amazed about this. The amazing thing is the whole statue was made by rock. This brings a great proud to Sri Lanka & shows the talents & intelligence of our old forefathers to the whole world.

                                                  

                                                           

Pollonnaruwa Gal Wiharaya

This was built by king Parakramabahu I in the 12^th century. This is a rock temple. The main attraction thing is there are four statues of lord Buddha & all of them are made in granite rock. The first statue is a seated Buddha in meditation.  The second statue is also a seated small lord Buddha. (15 feet height). Third is a standing statue of Lord Buddha. Fourth & the last is a reclining statue of Buddha. Gal Viharaya is a main attraction place of pollannaruwa kingdom & It’s a world heritage site.