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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Opening Hours

24 Hours Open

Archaeological ruins

Watching Time : 30 Minutes

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  • A Valuable place for a history lover...

    Ruwindu Senanayake Avatar Ruwindu Senanayake

    Our heritage

    Sujith Rathnayaka Avatar Sujith Rathnayaka
  • A place with an ancient value located in Kotte

    Nipun Suwandaratna Avatar Nipun Suwandaratna

    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 is an archeological site so don’t do bad stuff

    Roshani Wijesinghe Avatar Roshani Wijesinghe

    This is Alakeshwara palace

    Adeesha Dulanjana Avatar Adeesha Dulanjana
  • Good

    Priyantha Ramanayake Avatar Priyantha Ramanayake

    Nice

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

    studio AK Avatar studio AK

    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)
  • Great historical place

    Aruna Fernando.Lecturer National Avatar Aruna Fernando.Lecturer National

    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
  • Ancient monument.

    sudarshana sampath Avatar sudarshana sampath

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

    Mahesh Abeyratne Avatar Mahesh Abeyratne

    This is a Alakeshwara Tombstone. It is in Athukotte. It is a ancient please in Sri Lanka.

    Chamika Karunathilaka Avatar Chamika Karunathilaka
  • Preserved ancient Alakeshwara Palace remains.

    Chamila Mihiripenna Avatar Chamila Mihiripenna

    Historical places in kotte

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

    Sriyantha Swarnamalitha Peramunagama Avatar Sriyantha Swarnamalitha Peramunagama

    An archeological site

    Gamini Deva Avatar Gamini Deva

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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