| Year and Month | 2016 August |
| Number of Days | 15 Days ( August 08 – 22 ) (Day 5 ) |
| Crew | 3 (between 7 – 40 years of age) |
| Accommodation | Sea View Hotel in Nilaveli |
| Transport | By van |
| Activities | Religious , Sight Seeing , Photography |
| Weather | Hot & Sunny |
| Route | Anuradhapura -> Kahatagasdigiliya -> Kirlalagala -> Horowpothana -> Thiriyaya Junction -> Gomarankadawala -> Thiriyaya -> Kuchchaweli -> Nilaweli |
| Tips, Notes and Special remark |
*** Special thanks to Ashan for his reports. Otherwise we never even heard most of the important places in Gomarankadawala – Thiriyaya route. |
| Author | S.BADULLAGE |
| Comments | Discuss this trip report, provide feedback or make suggestions at Lakdasun Forum on the thread |
Next day morning we start our journey & went to Trincomalee. On the way we went to Kiralagala Site. Before Horowpothana town we have to turn left & have to go few km’s to site. It is very important & very beautiful place. Its main attraction was very beautiful & massive pond. It was well planed & massive Arama complex. After that we plan to visit first on Thiriyaya. We went on Gomarankadawala – Thiriyaya road. Our aim was visit other less visited important places in this route. First we visit to Rangiri Ulpatha Viharaya & Hot water well. We have to go 5 km’s from the main road to this site. Lot of ruins every where & Archeological Department not yet discovered it. Hot water well also nearby this site. Water also not very hot. This area is very remote & highly threat from wild elephants. Next we visited to Surulumahamuniyawa Viharaya & Pahalagama Archeological site. Those two places also very nice & less visited places. After that we went to Thiriyaya – Girihandu Seya. Road to Thiriyaya is very remote & we met only few people in that road. Around 3.30 p.m we reached Thiriyaya Temple. It is the first stupaya in Sri Lanka. We spent nearly 2 hours there & went to Nilaweli. On the way we went to Samudragiri Pichchamal Viharaya. It is situated in very beautiful location. We spent nearly one hour there & went to Nilaweli. We spend some time to find place to stay. Finaly we found a place & we stay there after end of very busy day. Read the next Trip Report to find details about our next destination from Day 6 onwards.
Day 5 ( 12.08.16 )
30.Kiralagala
31.Gomarankadawala Hot Water Well
32.Rangiri Ulpatha Raja Maha Viharaya – Gomarankadawala
33.Surulumahamuniyawa Raja Maha Viharaya
34.Pahalagama Ruins
35.Girihandu Seya – Thiriyaya ( Nithupathpana )
36.Samudragiri Pichchamal Viharaya – Kuchchaweli
 Sign Board of Kiralagala |
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 Ruins of Buildings |
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 Ruins of Buildings |
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 Giant Pokuna |
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 views of the pond |
 Gomarankadawala Rangiri Ulpatha Raja |
 Ulpatha starting from here |
 Hot Water Well |
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 Entrance to site |
 Stupaya |
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 Surulumahamuniyawa Viharaya |
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 ruins |
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 Stupaya |
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 Pahalagama Archaeological Site |
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 Stupaya |
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 Bodhigaraya |
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 Girihandu Seya ( Nithupathpana ) |
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 Gal Palama |
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 Watadageya |
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 Watadageya |
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 “Sellipiya” |
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 Ancient Dageba on the top |
 Steps to top |
 Details about this place |
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 Stupaya |
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 Navy Radar Point also there |
 Carving of Stupa |
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 Beach near Viharaya |
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