Sri Lanka is the only country providing a safe retreat for orphaned elephants. Pinnawela elephant orphanage is one of two such sanctuaries in Sri-Lanka tending & caring for the domestic baby elephants and this has now become quite well known…
Long a center of the Buddhist faith and Located in Kandy, the stunning 17th-century Temple of the Tooth (Sri Dalada Maligawa) is believed to house the left upper canine tooth of the Lord Buddha himself. This precious relic attracts white-clad…
This is not the highest mountain of Sri Lanka but the striking pyramid of Adam’s Peak is 7,360 ft of high and a remarkable mountain. A depression in the rocky summit resembles a huge footprint, which has been venerated as…
The official name of this nation is the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. In 1972, the national constitution discarded the name Ceylon and adopted the name of Sri Lanka. In Sinhala, the language of the majority, Sri means “blessed”…
