The Nine Arch Bridge also called the Bridge in the Sky, is a viaduct bridge in Sri Lanka.
Nine Arch Bridge Total length is 300 ft.
The designer of the viaduct was Harold Cuthbert Marwood of Railway Construction Department of Ceylon Government Railway.
The construction of the bridge is generally attributed to a local Ceylonese builder, P. K. Appuhami, in consultation with British engineers.
Nine Arch Bridge is one of the best examples of colonial-era railway construction in the country.
The Nine Arch Bridge in Ella is on the Demodara loop and spans 91 meters at a height of 24m.
The 1923 report titled “Construction of a Concrete Railway Viaduct in Ceylon” published by the Engineering Association of Ceylon has details of all the records including the plans and drawings.
Kandy Lake also is known as Kiri Muhuda or the Sea of Milk, is an artificial lake in the heart of the hill city of Kandy, Sri Lanka.
The Maximum depth of Kandy Lake is 18 metres (59 ft).
Kandy Lake was built in 1807 by King Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe next to the Temple of the Tooth. Over the years, it was reduced in size.
Kandy Lake is a protected lake, with fishing banned.
Until 1960 the Kandy waterboard used the lake to distribute water to the surrounding areas, however, this was stopped due to the lake having an increase in pollution.
The lake is surrounded by a wall called Walakulu Bamma or Clouds Wall, which was built to increase the beauty of the Kandy Lake.
Kandy Lake was originally built to beautify the Temple of the Tooth and serves as a remnant of the last Sri Lankan Kingdome.
Kandy Lake Altitude 524m.
The small island in the middle of the Lake has been used by the King as his personal harem. It was later used by the British to store Weapons.
Sri Pada is a 2,243 m (7,359 ft) tall conical mountain located in central Sri Lanka.
The mountain is located in the southern reaches of the Central Highlands in the Ratnapura District and Nuwara Eliya district of the Sabaragamuwa Province and Central Province lying about 40 km northeast of Ratnapura and 32 km southwest of Hatton.
Adam’s Peak is important as a watershed.
The Arab traveller Ibn Battuta climbed to the summit of the mountain which he called Sarandīb in 1344 CE. In his description, he mentions a stairway and iron stanchions with chains to help the pilgrims.
Sri Pada is first mentioned (as Samanthakuta) in the Deepawamsa, the earliest Pali chronicle.
The Sri Pada is a 2,243m mountain and you will be climbing 5,000–6,000 crumbling steps
Sri Pada was first ascended by Bhuvanekhabahu IV.
Sri Pada Geographic Coordinates 6°48′34″N 80°29′59″ECoordinates: 6°48′34″N 80°29′59″E.
The Italian merchant Marco Polo in his Travels of 1298 CE noted that Adam’s Peak was an important place of pilgrimage but did not mention a footprint in the rock.
Yala National Park is the most visited and second largest national park in Sri Lanka, bordering the Indian Ocean.
Yala National Park covers 979 square kilometres (378 sq mi).
The area around Yala has hosted several ancient civilizations. Two important pilgrim sites, Sithulpahuwa and Magul Vihara, are situated within the park.
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami caused severe damage on the Yala National Park and 250 people died in its vicinity.
On 1 March 1938, Yala became a national park when the Flora and Fauna Protection Ordinance was passed into law by D. S. Senanayake, the minister of agriculture.
Yala is one of the 70 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Sri Lanka.
Yala National Park consists of five blocks, two of which are now open to the public, and also adjoining parks.
Yala was designated as a wildlife sanctuary in 1900, and, along with Wilpattu was one of the first two national parks in Sri Lanka, having been designated in 1938.
Yala National Park has a variety of ecosystems including moist monsoon forests, dry monsoon forests, semi-deciduous forests, thorn forests, grasslands, marshes, marine wetlands, and sandy beaches.
The Yala area is mostly composed of metamorphic rock belonging to the Precambrian era and classified into two series, Vijayan series and Highland series.
The monument was built at the location where the formal ceremony marking the start of self-rule, with the opening of the first parliament by Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester occurred at a special podium February 4, 1948.
The building was designed by a group of eight notable architects led by Tom Neville Wynne-Jones CBE, and included F.H. Billimoria, Shirley de Alwis, Oliver Weerasinghe, Homi Billimoria, Justin Samarasekera and M. B. Morina.
The Memorial Hall was featured as a Pit Stop on the 4th season of The Amazing Race Asia, the 1st season of The Amazing Race Australia, and the second season of the Israeli edition of The Amazing Race.
Independence Memorial Hall is a national monument in Sri Lanka built for commemoration of the independence of Sri Lanka from the British rule with the restoration of full governing responsibility to a Ceylonese-elected legislature on February 4, 1948.
Independence Memorial Hall is located in Independence Square in the Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo. It also houses the Independence Memorial Museum.
Independence Memorial Hall Construction started 4 February 1949.
Gangaramaya Temple is one of the most important temples in Colombo, Sri Lanka, being a mix of modern architecture and cultural essence.
The temple’s architecture demonstrates an eclectic mix of Sri Lankan, Thai, Indian, and Chinese architecture.
Gangaramaya Temple was the home for erudite scholars such as Ratmalana Sri Dharmarama Thero, Waskaduwa Sri Subhuti Thero, Weligama Sri Sumangala Thero, Welivitiye Dhammaratna Thero, and Pandit Batuwantudawe.
The land bordered on two sides by the Moragoda Ela and the Pettigala Ela was used to build the temple, which was subsequently named the Padawthota Gangaramaya Viharaya.
Gangaramaya Temple was established in 1885 by Venerable Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Nayaka Thera.
The original structure slowly sank into the water in the 1970s. In 1976, Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa was brought in to redesign and construct the temple, which stands today.
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia is a suburb of Colombo Metropolitan Region.
There are 2 Divisional Secretary in the Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia area: Dehiwala Divisional Secretariat & Ratmalana Divisional Secretariat.
The Estimated Population of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia is 245,974.
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia covers 2109 hectares.
Notable people of Dehiwala- Mount Lavinia: Chandima Gomes, Ranil Abeynaike, Uthum Herat, Devaka Fernando, R. D. Gunaratne, Desmond Fernando, Marvan Atapattu, Arittha R Wikramanayake, Elanga Wikramanayake, Eric Wikramanayake, Gayesha Perera & Vivien Leigh.
Geographic coordinates of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia is Latitude: 6°50′24″ N, Longitude: 79°52′16″ E.
Dehiwala and Mount Lavinia lie along the Galle Road artery, which runs along the coast to the south of the country.
The Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia area receives an average annual rainfall between 2000 and 3000 mm mainly during the south-west monsoon and the intermonsoon periods.
Sigiriya or Sinhagiri is an ancient rock fortress located in the northern Matale District near the town of Dambulla in the Central Province, Sri Lanka.
The name refers to a site of historical and archaeological significance that is dominated by a massive column of rock nearly 200 metres (660 ft) high.
Sigiriya was featured in the eleventh episode of The Amazing Race 6 in 2005.
According to the ancient Sri Lankan chronicle the Culavamsa, this site was selected by King Kashyapa (477 – 495 CE) for his new capital. He built his palace on the top of this rock and decorated its sides with colourful frescoes.
