Anuradhapura

Anuradhapura

Anuradhapura kingdom lasted one thousand and five hundred years from 380BC. This city is home to many of the earliest grandest monuments of Sri Lanka. A popular destination of Sinhalese Buddhist’s pilgrimages because of its many ancient Buddhist monuments.

Anuradhapura has been made royal capital by the king pandukabhya in 380 BC. It remained residence and royal capital for 119 successive Singhalese kings till the year 1000 AD when it was abandoned and the capital moved to Polonnaruwa. You will see some of the most famous as well as the tallest dagaba of Sri Lanka, remains from palaces, temples, monasteries, ceremonial baths and temple of the Holy Bo-Tree. This tree was grown from a sapling of the very tree under which more than 2500 years ago the Buddha found enlightenment.