Archaeological Museum, Polonnaruwa

Archaeological Museum, Polonnaruwa Archaeological Museum, Polonnaruwa Archaeological Museum, Polonnaruwa

The city of Polonnaruwa was once a great kingdom of Sri Lanka. Today you can visit leisurely and spend your vacation nearby the city of Polonnaruwa instead of a worthy journey in Sri Lanka. The museum of Polonnaruwa is one such destination on your way to the archeological findings of the city. The Polonnaruwa museum was established in the Public Services Sports Club Hall at Polonnaruwa in 1962. Obviously, the museum is the first class. You can watch and be informative regarding the monuments and statues and other bric brac which are being perfectly conserved.

Polonnaruwa Is located 216 km from the city of Colombo and has a history which dates back to the 1017 A.D. It was the second capital of Sri Lanka and was ruled by many great Kings including King Parakramabahu I. He sacrificed his whole life to develop and construct the city of Polonnaruwa and contributed to the development of the city, socially, financially and economically. Not only that he gifted Parakrama Samudra which is concerned as the Ocean of North central province of Sri Lanka to the nation.

Visitors are lead according to an easy manner to walk from one room to another. In detail, the citadel, the outer city, the monastery area and the periphery, and also room dedicated for Hindu monuments are full of valuable archeological findings found through the excavations around Polonnaruwa.

It is must to say that most of them were endangered due to lack of enough space to conserve. Some of them had to be scattered on the own premises where they were found. The latter room has consisted of a cluster of bronze monuments. Henceforward they will be conserved and maintained well. The archeological museum is open every day except full moon poya days from 9 a.m to 6 p.m. the main objective is to develop and provide knowledge to the community by following methods of conservations and reservations. You will have to buy a current round ticket or a one day ticket to enter the museum. Rather than that, it will be quite interesting to know the stories behind these monuments. The concept of Archeological museums was started in the 1940s. Yet the Puravidu bhavana was established, most of the monuments were preserved. Moreover, it will be great if you can visit the museum and then moving on to the palaces, ponds and other monuments of polonnaruwa. Through the guidance provided by the museum, you can easily find the monuments and travel destinations around the city without being exhausted.


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Over het district Polonnaruwa

Polonnaruwa is de op één na grootste stad in de noord-centrale provincie van Sri Lanka. De oude stad Polonnaruwa is door UNESCO uitgeroepen tot Werelderfgoed. Polonnaruwa heeft een rijke geschiedenis van veroveringen en strijd achter de rug en vormt terecht het derde element in de Culturele Driehoek. Gelegen op ongeveer 140 km ten noordoosten van Kandy, biedt Polonnaruwa urenlang eindeloos plezier voor liefhebbers van geschiedenis en cultuur, met talloze bezienswaardigheden van betekenis.

Much of the physical ruins standing today are credited to King Parakrama Bahu I who spent many royal resources on town planning, including parks, edifices, irrigation systems and so on. The period of his rule is considered a golden age where the kingdom thrived and prospered under a visionary ruler. The Parakrama Samudra is a mammoth tank and named after its patron. The popular kings Royal Palace, the Audience Hall encircled by beautifully carved stone elephants and the Bathing Pool reflect the superior engineering capabilities of the time.

Over Noord-Centrale Provincie

De Noord-Centrale Provincie, de grootste provincie van het land, beslaat 16% van het totale landoppervlak. De Noord-Centrale Provincie bestaat uit twee districten: Polonnaruwa en Anuradhapure. Anuradhapura is het grootste district van Sri Lanka. De oppervlakte bedraagt ​​7.128 km².

De Noord-Centrale Provincie biedt talloze mogelijkheden voor investeerders om hun bedrijf te starten, met name in de landbouw, agrarische bedrijven en de veehouderij. Meer dan 65% van de bevolking van de Noord-Centrale Provincie is afhankelijk van basislandbouw en agrarische bedrijven. De NCP wordt ook wel "Wew Bendi Rajje" genoemd, omdat er meer dan 3000 middelgrote en grote tanks in de provincie staan. Sri Maha Bodiya, Ruwanweli Seya, Thuparama Dageba, het Abayagiri-klooster, Polonnaruwa Rankot Wehera en Lankathilake zijn bang.

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