Location: Anuradhapura
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What to do and see in Anuradhapura, North Central Province: The Best Free Things to do
Anuradhapura (Sinhalese: අනුරාධපුරය; Tamil: அனுராதபுரம்) is a major city in Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of North Central Province, Sri Lanka and the capital of Anuradhapura District. Anuradhapura is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of an ancient Sri Lankan civilization. It was the third capital of the Kingdom of Rajarata, following the kingdoms of Tambapanni and Upatissa Nuwara.
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1. Isinbassagala
2. Sri Maha Boodhi Temple
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4.5 based on 536 reviews
Reviewed By 7SE3 - London, United Kingdom
This is a very sacred place for Buddhist all over.The Bo tree is venerated by all Buddhist. You need about half an hour here.
3. Ranmasu Uyana
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4.5 based on 58 reviews
Reviewed By isurupremaratne - Gampaha, Sri Lanka
This place is found as the only royal garden in the history of Anuradhapura era. The garden was full of water pools and rock garden huts. The technology used to bring water from Tissa wewa (the tank just few 100-200 m away) to the pools is still undiscovered. There was mechanism to decrease the water pressure and distribute water all over the garden. It is a must visit place to have a look on how the Sri Lankan royals spent their leisure time 1500-2000 year ago. According to legends a famous love story (between Saliya - son of Kind Dutugemnunu - and Asokamala - a low cast girl) took place here. Since the place is not a religious place, you can wear any type of clothing. No need to remove shoes or caps. Reaching Ranmasu Uyana can be done by two ways. One is from the Isurumuniya temple side. Just a 5 minutes walk. Other was is from the Tissa wewa bund road.
4. Kalu Diya Pokuna Natural Black Water Pond
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4.5 based on 41 reviews
Reviewed By mtrjayasinghe - Sheffield, United Kingdom
Mihinthale is a wonderful rock temple that any healthy visitor will enjoy climbing. There is so much to see and some places you can see ruins of ancient structures remaining without any restorations. Mihinthale has been a monastry and has been used by the Buddhist monks who used to meditate most of the day and hence engauged in a secular life. Kalu Diya Pokuna is one of the small lakes used by those monks for fulfilling the water needs and it is a beautiful gift to anybody wanting to have a nice relaxing place to relieve the working stress and fatigue of present day life.
5. Nellikulama Temple
6. Gal Palama (Stone Bridge) over Malwathu Oya
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4.5 based on 20 reviews
Reviewed By mtrjayasinghe - Sheffield, United Kingdom
Stone bridge that is made with rock blocks cast out of rock outcrops of the ancient city of Anuradhapura is a classic example of engineering marvels that the ancestors of Sri Lankans were able to achieve. Historically, it is known that some of world's best steel has been made in the Asian region and Sri Lanka was in the forefront of that technology and the steel manufactured such a way had been used to make the "Damascus Swards" as well. This is a must visit place for any student following a Civil Engineering course since it shows how our ancestors understood the need for lateral stability in addition to carrying the vertical loads when the structures such as buiildings and bridges are made. These structures are said to be at least 2000 years old.
7. Thanthirimale Rajamaha Viharaya
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4.5 based on 15 reviews
Reviewed By dileepaMadu - Colombo, Sri Lanka
1 hour drive from Anuradhapura, road condition is good. Best time is early in the morning until 10am to avoid heat. This has a Little Rock climbing to do so avoid heat yet elderly people too can reach. Exploration time is 1.5hours. Scenario ancient temple with ample parking. No entrance fee, guide is not required.
