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Kelaniya (Sinhalese: කැලණිය Tamil: களனிப்) is a suburb of Colombo city in Western Province, Sri Lanka. [1]

23 relations: A1 highway (Sri Lanka), Buddhism, Buddhist temple, Colombo, Dutugamunu, Gautama Buddha, Guanyin, History of Sri Lanka, Kandy, Kelani River, Kelani Tissa, Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara, Mahavamsa, Nāga, Rail transport in Sri Lanka, Ramayana, Solias Mendis, Sri Lanka, University of Kelaniya, Vibhishana, Viharamahadevi, Western Province, Sri Lanka, Wilhelm Geiger.

A1 highway (Sri Lanka)

The A 1 road (commonly known as the Colombo - Kandy Road or just the Kandy Road) is an A-Grade trunk road in Sri Lanka.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Buddhist temple

A Buddhist temple is the place of worship for Buddhists, the followers of Buddhism.

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Colombo

Colombo (translit,; translit) is the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.

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Dutugamunu

Dutugamunu (also spelled as Dutthagamani, also known as Dutthagamani Abhaya "fearless Gamini"), was a Sinhalese king of Sri Lanka who reigned from 161 BC to 137 BC.

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Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha (c. 563/480 – c. 483/400 BCE), also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha, or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was an ascetic (śramaṇa) and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.

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Guanyin

Guanyin or Guan Yin is an East Asian bodhisattva associated with compassion and venerated by Mahayana Buddhists and followers of Chinese folk religions, also known as the "Goddess of Mercy" in English.

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History of Sri Lanka

The earliest human remains found on the island of Sri Lanka date to about 35,000 years ago (Balangoda Man).

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Kandy

Kandy (මහනුවර Mahanuwara, pronounced; கண்டி, pronounced) is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province.

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Kelani River

The Kelani River (කැළණි ගඟ) is a river in Sri Lanka.

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Kelani Tissa

King Kelani Tissa is a king who ruled Kelaniya of Sri Lanka.

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Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara

The Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara or Kelaniya Temple is a Buddhist temple in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, seven miles from Colombo.

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Mahavamsa

The Mahavamsa ("Great Chronicle", Pali Mahāvaṃsa) (5th century CE) is an epic poem written in the Pali language.

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Nāga

Nāga (IAST: nāgá; Devanāgarī: नाग) is the Sanskrit and Pali word for a deity or class of entity or being taking the form of a very great snake, specifically the king cobra, found in the Indian religions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

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Rail transport in Sri Lanka

Rail transport in Sri Lanka is an intercity network connecting major population centres and commuter rail serving Colombo commuters.

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Ramayana

Ramayana (रामायणम्) is an ancient Indian epic poem which narrates the struggle of the divine prince Rama to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana.

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Solias Mendis

Walimuni Solias Mendis (June 17, 1897 – September 1, 1975) was a renowned Sri Lankan (Sinhala) artist primarily known for his Buddhist temple paintings, accomplished in a neo-classical style.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

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University of Kelaniya

The University of Kelaniya (කැළණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, களனி பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a state university of Sri Lanka.

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Vibhishana

Vibhishana (IAST: or Bibhishan) was a king of Lanka in the legendary epic Ramayana.

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Viharamahadevi

Viharamahadevi (Sinhala:විහාරමහාදේවි) was the mother of King Dutugamunu, Saddhatissa and the Queen consort of King Kavantissa (King of the Ruhuna Sri Lanka).According to recent findings her name might have been "Sharwaree" which means evening.

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Western Province, Sri Lanka

The Western Province (බස්නාහිර පළාත Basnahira Palata; மேல் மாகாணம் Mael Maakaanam) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country.

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Wilhelm Geiger

Wilhelm Ludwig Geiger (21 July 1856 – 2 September 1943) was a German Orientalist in the fields of Indo-Iranian languages and the history of Iran and Sri Lanka.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelaniya

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