After 14 years in hiding, when King Valagamba finally returned to reclaim his throne in Anuradhapura around 89 BCE, he paid ...

Everything to know before you go - Sri Lanka lures travellers with an impressive array: wildlife, history, exceptional food, surfing hotspots and beaches ...

A dozen years on from 2004’s devastating Christmas tsunami and seven years after the end of a 40-year civil war, Sri Lanka is rebounding, and so its tourism appeal.

Sri Lanka has a glorious array of historical monuments carved out of living rock or situated within rock environments. Sir Lanka possesses a very old civilization, and an equally old faith.

It ranks among the very first temples in Sri Lanka, founded by Devanampiyatissa, the first Buddhist king. It is to the Aluvihare temple that you must go to absorb traditions of Sri Lankan Buddhism ...

The Government of Sri Lanka, after ratifying the 1972 World Heritage Convention, had applied for World Heritage status for the Dambulla temple as well as other cities and monuments. “He is not a State ...

THERE is something suitably humbling about arriving at Anuradhapura - the first Sinhalese capital, founded 2500 years ago - on a bicycle at the end of a long, hot ride through Sri Lanka's central ...

Sri Lanka has emerged from decades of war and is seeking tourists. ... make your way to the Hindu temple atop Swami Rock, ... an ancient complex of cave temples stuffed with reclining Buddha statues.