Anuradhapura

Sacred Hill Temples of Mihintale

August 30, 2013 by Dennis Kopp Leave a Comment

White Ambasthale Dagoba in Mihintale, Sri Lanka

Travel Day 1123 – Anuradhapura and Mhintale, SRI LANKA Since I had to stop my explorations of Anuradhapura yesterday due to the heavy rain, today I liked to do two things: seeing more of the historical sites that didn’t require a ticket and visiting the sacred hill temples of Mihintale… Mihintale was considered a sacred […]

UNESCO Sacred City of Anuradhapura

August 29, 2013 by Dennis Kopp Leave a Comment

Thuparama Dagoba in UNESCO enlisted Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Travel Day 1122 – Anuradhapura, SRI LANKA Today was another day and it was a big one for me as I was attempting to see as much as possible of the UNESCO enlisted Sacred City of Anuradhapura… Anuradhapura had been the sacred capital of the Sinhalese kingdoms since the 4th BC but unfortunately during its […]

Ancient Dagobas of Anuradhapura

August 28, 2013 by Dennis Kopp Leave a Comment

Thuparama Dagoba in UNESCO Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Travel Day 1121 – Polonnaruwa to Anuradhapura, SRI LANKA After my almost ruin free day yesterday in Polonnaruwa, today I was off to the next ruined capital, named Anuradhapura… Anuradhapura was actually the oldest, biggest and grandest of all the ancient capitals in Sri Lanka. The ruined leftovers of Anuradhapura were of course also a […]