A section of the road leading to the Somawathi Raja Maha Viharaya in Polonnaruwa has been flooded, causing significant disruption to vehicular movement, according to police. The Sungavila-Somawathiya ...

The road leading to the Somawathiya Chaithya has been flooded due to torrential rains. Police said a 2km stretch of road from Diggala onwards has become inundated. The flooding has occurred due to the ...

Due to heavy rainfall in several provinces, including the North-Central Province, the road leading to the Somawathiya Chaitya has been inundated, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said. ..

State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon along with the Chief Incumbent of Somawathiya Viharaya made an inspection visit the flood affected Somawathiya sacred area yesterday (Dec. 31) ...

The Somawathiya Shrine in Polonnaruwa has been submerged and the DMC has informed devotees that they cannot visit the shrine at present and to visit only after the floodwaters cede. With the bad ...

Among the dead elephants were two between 15 and 25 years of age, four who were about four years old, and one who was about one year old, a wildlife official said. They were attempting to cross the ...

A Dagaba, a shrine room and a Dhamma hall have been newly constructed under the leadership of Viharadhipathi Ven. Pahamune Sri Sumangala Nayaka Thera who is also the Viharadhipathi of historical ...

Some of them had tried to hijack a bus in which a group of pilgrims had come to the Somawathiya sacred area. They had also robbed Rs.50,000 from a businessman. “The Police arrested 34 inmates for the ...

Somawathiya is a Buddhist shrine in the Polonnaruwa district. Located around 40 kilometres away from Polonnaruwa, the Somawathiya Dagaba is a popular pilgrimage site among Buddhists and non-Buddhists.

I kindly urge both the Minister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation and the Minister of Tourism, along with their respective ministry officials, to collaborate on devising a comprehensive development ...