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

    I am living closer to it

    kalhar indika Avatar kalhar indika
  • This is a Alakeshwara Tombstone. It is in Athukotte. It is a ancient please in Sri Lanka.

    Chamika Karunathilaka Avatar Chamika Karunathilaka

    it is historical place in Jayawardanapura

    Sriyantha Swarnamalitha Peramunagama Avatar Sriyantha Swarnamalitha Peramunagama
  • It is good to say that it is the most important archaeological site in Sri Lanka because there are very few historical ruins belonging to the Kotte kingdom period (1412... Read More

    Prasad Subasinghe Avatar Prasad Subasinghe

    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

    Good

    Priyantha Ramanayake Avatar Priyantha Ramanayake
  • 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
  • Our heritage

    Sujith Rathnayaka Avatar Sujith Rathnayaka

    A place with an ancient value located in Kotte

    Nipun Suwandaratna Avatar Nipun Suwandaratna
  • One of the Archaeological place in kotte..

    Yasiru Kuruwitage Avatar Yasiru Kuruwitage

    This is Alakeshwara palace

    Adeesha Dulanjana Avatar Adeesha Dulanjana
  • Ancient monument.

    sudarshana sampath Avatar sudarshana sampath

    A very calm and peaceful place that remains largely unknown, even among those living in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. It’s surprising how many people are unaware of the historical significance of... Read More

    Chanuka Nadun Avatar Chanuka Nadun
  • An archeological site

    Gamini Deva Avatar Gamini Deva

    Believed to be the place of burial of the founder of Kotte, the Tomb of Alakeshwara can be easily reached through the Alakeshwara road on the Pittakotte road. Alakeshwara who... Read More

    Paochieh Cheng Avatar Paochieh Cheng
  • 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

    It was beautiful

    Kasun Avishka Avatar Kasun Avishka

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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