Pilgrimage travel in Anuradhapura
4 places in Anuradhapura District picked for Pilgrimage travellers — part of our Pilgrimage guide to Sri Lanka.
Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi
UNESCOThe sacred fig tree grown from a cutting of the Buddha's own Bodhi tree, said to be the oldest historically documented tree in the world.
Anuradhapura
Ruwanwelisaya (Great Stupa)
UNESCOA gleaming white dome-shaped stupa and one of the most sacred and revered monuments in the Buddhist world.
Anuradhapura
Jetavanaramaya
UNESCOA colossal red-brick stupa, once among the tallest structures in the ancient world, at the ruins of the Jetavana monastery.
Anuradhapura
Mihintale Sacred Mountain
The mountain where Buddhism was introduced to Sri Lanka, reached by a monumental stairway past ancient stupas and monastic ruins.
Mihintale
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