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Blue Field Tea Estate
Blue Field Tea Estate has no processing on Sunday.
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Pattini Devale
The simple Pattini Devale is dedicated to the goddess of chastity.
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Lagoon Resthouse
This is one of several old Dutch buildings that is still in use.
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Grand Jummah Mosque
A grand mosque awash in aqua tiling, with shiny gold onion domes.
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Dematal Vihara
This is a gorgeous temple lost in a sea of picturesque paddy fields.
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St James’
This is the grandest church in Jaffna, a classical Italianate edifice.
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Kali Kovil
Kali Kovil has the most impressive, eye-catching gopuram of Trinco’s many Hindu temples.
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Our Lady of Refuge Church
This unusual structure looks like a whitewashed version of a Gloucestershire village church.
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St Sebastian’s Church
Beside Kallady Bridge is the fairly modern St Sebastian’s Church, built in the shape of a whale.
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Angurukaramulla Temple
East of town the Angurukaramulla Temple, with its 6m-long reclining Buddha, is worth seeing.
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Ariyapala Traditional Masks
Ariyapala Traditional Masks has a small museum and a shop selling utterly captivating pieces.
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Rock Temple
This superb early 17th-century rock temple is at Kotapola, 6km south of Deniyaya. It’s well worth the climb.
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Kaduruduwa Temple
The 10m-high seated Buddha at Kaduruduwa Temple, about 10km east of Kottawa, rises above the surrounding paddy fields.
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Our Lady of Sorrows
Of the dozens of churches, the most eye-catching is the huge blue, eight-sided, unfinished Our Lady of Sorrows.
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St Anthony’s
The vaguely Mexican-looking, earth-toned St Anthony’s is one of the most eye-catching churches in Puliyanthivu.
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Bathing Pool
In the southeast corner of the palace grounds, the Bathing Pool (Kumara Pokuna) has two of its crocodile-mouth spouts remaining.
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Ganesh Temple
This is a colourful little Hindu temple, where the priest will probably be as happy to see you as he would Lord Ganesh himself.
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Manayaweli Cove
Manayaweli Cove is an appealing curl of fishing beach reached by strolling past Dhoby Tank, where local washers do their laundry.
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Katugas Falls
The 6m-high Katugas Falls, three kilometres north of town, are quite pleasant but are crowded on Sundays and public holidays.
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Atadage
A shrine for the tooth relic, the Atadage is the only surviving structure in Polonnaruwa dating from the reign of Vijayabahu I.
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