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Photo: Michael Shehan Obeysekera from Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A Roman Catholic church with basilica status. The church is home to the venerated statue of Our Lady of Lanka.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka is a Roman Catholic basilica in Tewatte, Sri Lanka. Being thus in a somewhat distant suburb of Colombo, it comes under the purview of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo and is a site of pilgrimage for Sri Lankan Catholics. The church is home to the venerated statue of Our Lady of Lanka.
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Located about 9 km away from Colombo, the Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya is one of the most significant Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka. The temple had been built more than 2,000 years ago and contains images of reclining and preaching Buddha along with frescoes depicting incidents from his life.
Pradeepa Hall
A 19th-century large stately bungalow in Neoclassical style. It is in Mutwal north of Colombo on the coast where the mouth of the Kelani River used to be. It is now used as a reception hall for weddings.
The seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo in Sri Lanka.
It is beside the sea where Sea Street and St Anthony’s Mawatha meet.
One of the oldest churches built during the Dutch era in 1749. The interior is decorated with Dutch furniture with the wooden carved pews, chairs, pulpit and lecterns.