Sigiriya, an ancient rock fortress and former royal palace, is one of Sri Lanka's most visited and best-known sights, attracting just more than one million visitors in 2019.

Embark on an adventure to the iconic Sigiriya rock, starting with a visit to Pidurangala rock. This video showcases the ...

After Kasyapa, Sigiriya was ordered to be a monastery by King Moggalana I. The next mention of Sigiriya is with the infamous beheading of King Sanghatissa and his son on Sigiriya. This of course is ...

The site of Sigiriya was known from ancient times. Inscriptions on boulders confirm that it was a hermitage for bhikkhus from an early date. Its importance as a seat of royalty began and ended in the ...

Sigiriya’s history has then become very controversial, not the way Jackson Anthony made the story of Pandukabhaya controversial through his film without an iota of evidence, but through sound ...

The author did not mention about Dr.Senarath Paranawithana who translated 450 Sigiri poems into Singhalese from old Singhalese.He was the most important person who contributed more than anybody else ...

Excerpted from SIGIRIYA PAINTINGS by Raja de Silva , Retired Commissioner of Archaeology On the morning of October 15, 1967, the Archaeology Commissionner, Dr. CE Godakumbure, instructed me to go ...

Sigiriya, an ancient rock fortress and former royal palace, is one of Sri Lanka’s most visited and best-known sights, attracting just more than one million visitors in 2019. But on this sunny day in ...