Alakeshwara Palace or Tombstone

Alakeshwara Archaeological Site is a historical site with archaeological ruins, situated in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Western province, Sri Lanka. The site has been formally recognised by the Government as an archaeological protected monument in Sri Lanka.

Alakeshwara Palace or Tombstone(1)
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, LK
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24 Hours Open

Archaeological ruins

Watching Time : 30 Minutes

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  • This is an archeological site so don’t do bad stuff

    Roshani Wijesinghe Avatar Roshani Wijesinghe

    Nice

    Future Engineering Avatar Future Engineering
  • කෝට්ටේ රාජධානියට අයත් අදටත් ඉතිරිවී ඇති ඉතා සුළු නටඹුන් වලින් එකක් වන මෙය නිසි පරිදි හදුනාගෙන නැතත් කෝට්ටේ රාජධානියේ සිටි ප්‍රබලම අමාත්‍යවරයෙකු වූ නිශ්ශංක අලගක්කෝනාරගේ මාළිගාව යැයි සැලකේ.

    Waruna Kamalawansha Avatar Waruna Kamalawansha

    This historic site dating back to the 14th century is believed to be either the tomb or palace of Alakeshwara, a minister of King Wickramabahu, the third of Gampola. Various domestic... Read More

    Thushini Goonewardene Avatar Thushini Goonewardene
  • Archaeological site and museum, ancient kingdom of Sri Lanka.

    Mahesh Abeyratne Avatar Mahesh Abeyratne

    A rare archaeological site in the heart of Colombo.

    Chandana Abayawardana Avatar Chandana Abayawardana
  • අලකේශ්වර මාළිගය, ඇතුල් දිය අගල, පැරණි කොටු බැම්ම, පිටත දිය අගල, පුරාවිද්‍යා කෞතුකාගාරය වගේම ගල් අම්මබලම බලන්නත් අමතක කලේ නෑ. පුරාවිද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවෙන් දැන්වීම් පුවරු යොදා තිබෙන නිසා මෙම ස්ථාන නැරඹීමට... Read More

    Nish Perera Avatar Nish Perera

    The Alakeshwara Archaeological Site, located in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, is believed to be the location of either the palace of King Nissanka Alakeshwara or his mausoleum. The site features ruins... Read More

    Thilanka D Avatar Thilanka D
  • An archeological site

    Gamini Deva Avatar Gamini Deva

    Our heritage

    Sujith Rathnayaka Avatar Sujith Rathnayaka
  • Ancient monument.

    sudarshana sampath Avatar sudarshana sampath

    I am living closer to it

    kalhar indika Avatar kalhar indika
  • A Valuable place for a history lover...

    Ruwindu Senanayake Avatar Ruwindu Senanayake

    You must visit this heritage.don't bring back atleast a stone. just leave your footprints and come.

    Travel Tec & Tours Avatar Travel Tec & Tours
  • This is Alakeshwara palace

    Adeesha Dulanjana Avatar Adeesha Dulanjana

    Preserved ancient Alakeshwara Palace remains.

    Chamila Mihiripenna Avatar Chamila Mihiripenna
  • visit all other sites of old kotte kingdom, a must see on the outskirts of colombo.

    studio AK Avatar studio AK

    Historical places in kotte

    Sasith Kollure Avatar Sasith Kollure
  • it is historical place in Jayawardanapura

    Sriyantha Swarnamalitha Peramunagama Avatar Sriyantha Swarnamalitha Peramunagama

    historical place and wonderful maintenance and clear this is the palace of kotte Kingdom or tomb of Alakeshwara.

    Dushantha Chamal (Ibagathe) Avatar Dushantha Chamal (Ibagathe)

Amazing Experience

There are two foundations located close to each other and are assumed to be the palace ruins of King Nissanka Alagakkonara (Alakeshwara), who was a minister of King Vikramabahu III of Gampola. Architectural features and the artifacts found from the site, such as grinding stones and water filters, collaborate with the assumption that the site is the palace of Alakeshwara. However, this site is also known to have the mausoleum (tomb) of Alakeshwara,

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