Chanchala Dinudi

  More than 350 people have been killed in bombings of Christian churches and leading tourist hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. This is the worst violent attack on Sri Lanka since the end of the civil war a decade ago. The majority of the dead were Sri Lankans. Thirty-eight foreigners have also been killed in the attacks. The facts are as follows: The first reported attack was on Sunday, April 21, at around 8:45 am. Six eruptions were reported within a short period of time. These include the Kochchikade Church in Colombo, the Katuwapitiya Church in Katana, a church in the Batticaloa area and tourist hotels in Colombo such as Shangri-La, Kingsbury and Cinnamon Ground.

  The Temple of the Tooth is the temple where the relics of the Supreme Buddha are kept. This is located in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It was built during the Kandyan period (1592 to 1815) in the then royal palace complex. From ancient times the people have accepted that the person who is in charge of the Tooth Relic should be the king of the country. Due to this, the kings of the past protected the Tooth Relic with their lives. The Temple of the Tooth was first built by King Wimaladharmasuriya I (1592 - 1604). It seems that the Tooth Relic was known as the Elder House, the Relic Hall, the Tooth Relic, the Temple of the Tooth and the Temple of the Tooth . The city of Kandy, where the Temple of the Tooth is located, has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The monks of both Malwathu and Asgiriya offer offerings to the Tooth Relic daily. This pooja (theva) is performed three times a day (morning, noon and evening). The Nanumura festival is held on Wednesdays as a special offering. H...

 Sankapala Raja Maha Viharaya is located at the foot of a scenic hill near Pallebedda town on the Ratnapura Embilipitiya road. There are about 15 caves in this area. In the background of the temples, there are about 15 caves with drip marks the ruined stupas of the temples as well as an Old Bo tree.According to the Mahavansa and the Thupawansa One of king Dutugemunu's ten giants, phussadeva, lived in the Sankapala area. He was a skilled archer who fought for victory in war. According to the legends the giant Hakgediya who sang Jayasanka for victory is placed on the top of the Sankapala Vihara. This is confirmed by the fact that under the drip marks on the left side of the ancient in scriptions there is a a mark of a hackneyed. BC in this sacred place. There are many inscriptions in Brahmi script dating back to the 2nd century many of them have been destroyed over time. The Sankapala Raja Maha Viharaya, a village dedicated to the greatness of a war victory and the case with which th...

 The Tsunami hit Sri Lanka on a December 26.2004 at around 9.30 am.About 2500 km east of the island of Sumatra. 200 km 10 km of the west coast. This is marked by 9.3 units on the Richter scale.The quake was the second largest ever recorded in the world and was the largest natural disaster to cause the greatest loss of the life and property. As a result 300,000 lives were lost in 11 countries in the Indian Ocean. This affected 3/4 of the coastal region of Sri Lanka and severely affected the eastern and southern coasts. In this case, the water flow received by the Tsunami waves in from 50 m. Spanning in each area in a range between 2. Most of the infrastructure in the coastal areas was destroyed by the Tsunami. These include railways and highways, electricity, water, telephones, hospitals and more. Many supply roads and buildings were completely destroyed. The Tsunami caused extensive damaged to live and property. This was the main reason for the increase in membership influence. The...

  Limestone is a sedimentary rock.These are mainly formed underwater.It takes hundreds of thousands of years to create, and the floors are thousands of feet thick.There are three types of rocks, depending on how they are formed.Namely Igneous rocks, Sedmentary rocks and anomalous rocks.There are many limestone caves in Sri Lanka and some of them are Vavulpane, Marapana, Pannila, Seethakotuwa, Sandagiriya, Sthripura, Jaffna Periyamandapam, Opanayaka Adirilena etc.In nature, limestone is a rock that contains water and in almost all cases, it is in subterranean bodies of water. But there is a wonderful place with a system of large limestone ponds nera the Duvili falls, the eastern waterfall on tje walawe river, which has become a major tourists attraction.Limestone has grown in the wild elephant reserve in the middle of the Rajawaka event forest, the origin of the Samanala wewa water lake and there are many places in the village where this limestone pond is located. This is called the...

 The Sinharaja tropical wet every green forest.One of nature's masterpieces, borders Ratnaura, Galle and Matara districts.The sinharaja forest with an area of 11187 hectares is bordered in each direction as follows. South : Gin river and stream North : Napola river and Kosgulana river West : Kalukandawa canal and Kudawa river East : Morninside estate There are also 4 main roads to enter the sinharaja forest.Below are the four routes. Deniyaya - Pallegama road Kalawana - Veddagala road Rakwana - Morninside road Hiniduma - Neluwa road There are 5 peaks in the Sinharaja forest which are more than 600 meters high.The highest point of Sinharaja is mount Hinipitigala which is situated at a height of 1171 m.Below are the five highest peaks of Sinharaja Kosgulana Sinhagala Moola Sand Hinipitigala - East Hinipitigala - West The Sinharaja forest area receives 3000 - 6000 mm of rainfall.The annual temperature of the area is in the range of 18 - 27 degrees celsius.Due to the good rainfall in t...