Kandy

Kandy, the hill capital of Sir Lanka also an ancient city though it is not old much as Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa. The sacred tooth relic lies in the famous religious palace called Dalada Maligawa or the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy. Once in every year there is a world famous procession called Kandy Esala Perahera which consists of various cultural and traditional dances and proud elephant walkings. The historical cave temples like Aluviharaya and Dambulla are situated in Matale district

Anuradhapura

There are number of historical cities in Sir Lanka. The most important and interesting among them are Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Kandy. Anuradhapura the ancient and sacred city bears many ruins of proud Sir Lankan history. The ruins of the palaces of the ancient kings, ponds, temples, statues, the beautiful art works like moonstone, guard stone and many more can be visible there. The eighth wonder of the world Sigiriya the rock fortress of the great king Kashyapa is a miraculous creation. The water management system of the water garden of it stills a secret. Polonnaruwa is also a ruined city and the giant tanks like Parakkrama Samudraya, Girithalay wewa can be seen there.

KuttamPokun

The Kuttam Pokuna was built as the bathing ponds for the monks of Abhayagiri Monastery in northern Anuradhapura. Water is carefully channelled to gush out of a lion's head, and through a sophisticated system of filtration. At the far end of the Kuttam Pokuna ponds is a system to trap mud and dirt. Water flows into a pit, where the mud and dirt sinks to the bottom. It ensures clean water flow into the Kuttam Pokunaponds.

The monks perform their ablutions under the protective gaze of a five-hooded naga, the cobra believed to bring good fortune. Steps leads down to the two ponds while around them are shallow pools to cool off one's feet befond diving into the ponds. The Kuttam Pokuna demostrates not only great engineering feat by also workmanship and artistry of the ancient Sinhalese builders.

Sri Lanka

Sir Lanka is a very historical island which is situated in the Indian Ocean., south east of India and it lies between longitude 79C and 81C east and latitudes 50 and 100 north. From north to south the island is 425 kilometers long and from west to east it is 225 kilometers wide. Pidurutalagala, the highest mountain, which is 2,524 meters high, and the longest river is the Mahaweli which is over 300 kilometers long.

The island has a tropical climate. The monsoons called north east and the south west bring rain to all parts of the country. The temperature differs between 200 to 300 centigrade. In the central hills the climate is cooler. There are many different wild flowers, shrubs and trees here, and the Peradeniya and Haggala Botanical Gardens have a large variety of tropical plants.