“Deer deaths in the Gal Vihara area have decreased, as we now conduct 24-hour patrols. However, deer leave the sacred area to drink water and they get killed by traps, made using wires of three ...

Gal Vihara retains some of the finest coll ections of Buddhist sculpture found any where in the world. It is yet another marvel by Parakramabahu the Great. At Gal Vihara, which belongs to the mid-12th ...

The Paranirvana of Buddha, Gal Vihara, Polonnaruva, Ceylon. Work Type. Photograph. Date. 1870–71. Description. During the British colonial period in Sri Lanka (Ceylon), a 12th-century monastic ...

Gal Vihara images - finest anywhere in the world Buddha statues cut out of rock are seen in many places in Sri Lanka. Among them, the ones at Gal Vihara in Polonnaruwa offer a rare sight with four ...

A fourth-generation Tamil guide shows you what you’ve been missing: The ancient city of Polonnaruwa with the massive carved Buddha images at Gal Vihara; the tropical modernist architecture of ...

Subsequently, these revered articles will be on display at the Hingurakgoda Buddhist Centre from April 27 to 29, at Hingurakgoda Jayamaha Pirivena from April 29 to May 1, at Polonnaruwa Medamaluwa ...

The Rural Road Development project will be launched in Polonnaruwa today marked President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s birthday. It was inaugurated today in front of the historical Gal Vihara, Polonnaruwa ...