One of the best preserved examples of ancient urban planning and a UNESCO World Heritage site, this ancient fortress is a ...

The map below shows the location of Dambulla and Sigiriya. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance ...

A man rides a bike past the Sigiriya Lion Rock, a popular tourist spot, in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, Jan. 17, 2025. The ancient city of Sigiriya was inscribed as a world heritage site by United Nations ...

The spiritual heart of Sri Lanka, Dambulla is a city of devotion and tranquility. Famous for its ancient cave temple complex, ...

Sigiriya or Lion Rock is a 180-meter-high column of reddish-colored rock near Dambulla where King Kassapa (around 477 AD) wanted to build his new capital. The landscape all around Sigiriya is flat ...

The logistical advantages are many as well, The Sunday Times learns, with Sigiriya being centrally located, offering short excursions to Ritigala, Dambulla, the rose-quartz hill at Namal Uyana, ...

By Kanchana Kumara Ariyadasa The members of Trishaw Operators Associations in Dambulla, Sigiriya, and Habarana areas yesterday staged a massive protect against the arrest of six trishaw drivers on ...

The ant-march of tourists up the “Lion Rock” – home to the remnants of a 5th century palace built by a Sri Lankan king with a ...