Anuradhapura

Distance from Hotel: 72 km Travel time: 01 hour
The oldest city and the oldest kingdom of Sri Lanka were situated at Anuradhapura. Anuradhapura was continued as the capital of Sri Lanka at 1500 years. Anuradhapura kingdom was started by king Pandukabhaya. After came Buddhism to Sri Lanka at the time of King Devanampiyathissa and after Anuradhapura became a beautiful city.
Anuradhapura had lot of Pagodas. They are Ruwanwalisaya, Thooparamaya, Jethawanaya, Abhayagiriya, Mirisawatiya and Lankaramaya. All of those identify Atamasthana means noble 8 pagodas of Anuradhapura.