Parakrama Samudra
Parakrama Samudra is a shallow reservoir, consisting of five separate wewa connected by narrow channels in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. The northernmost reservoir is the oldest and referred to as Topa wewa built around 386 AD.Photo: Jolle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Polonnaruwa.
Polonnaruwa
Poḷonnaruwa, also referred as Pulathisipura and Vijayarajapura in ancient times, is the main town of Polonnaruwa District in North Central Province, Sri Lanka.
Parakrama Samudra
- Type: Lake
- Description: body of water
- Category: body of water
- Location: North Central Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tamil—“Parakrama Samudra” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Parakrama Samudra”
- French: “Parakrama Samudra”
- Hebrew: “פראקראמה סאמודרה”
- Japanese: “パラークラマ・サムドゥラ”
- Malayalam: “പരാക്രമസമുദ്ര”
- Panjabi: “ਪਰਾਕਰਮਾ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ”
- Sinhala: “පරාක්රම බාහු විසින් කරවන ලද විශාලතම ජලාශය පරාක්රම සමුද්රය”
- Sinhala: “පරාක්රම සමුද්රය”
- Slovenian: “Parakrama Samudra”
- Tamil: “பராக்கிரம சமுத்திரம்”
- Tamil: “பராக்கிரமாவின் கடல்”
- Tamil: “மன்னர் பராக்கிரம கடல்”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Alut Wewa and Aluth Wewa.
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