Polonnaruwa

Poḷonnaruwa, also referred as Pulathisipura and Vijayarajapura in ancient times, is the main town of in .
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  • Type: City with 15,000 residents
  • Description: town in North Central Province, Sri Lanka
  • Also known as: “Polaṉṉaṟuvai” and “Polonaruwa”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Hatadage and Nissanka Latha Mandapaya.

Buddhist temple
is an ancient relic shrine in the city of Polonnaruwa, . It was built by King Nissanka Malla, and had been used to keep the Relic of the tooth of the Buddha.

Ruins
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is a unique structure in the ancient city of Polonnaruwa in . A màndapa is a pillared structure that is open on all sides and protects the person inside from the sun with a roof.

Ruins
The is a 12th-century step pyramid in the northeast corner of the archaeological complex of Polonnaruwa in . It is believed to be a because it is in a Buddhist environment.

Polonnaruwa

Latitude
7.9395° or 7° 56′ 22″ north
Longitude
81.0003° or 81° 0′ 1″ east
Population
15,000
Elevation
60 metres (197 feet)
United Nations Location Code
LK PLW
Open location code
6MV3W2Q2+R4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 258523517
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1229901
Wiki­data ID
Q394443
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Polonnaruwa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بلناروة”
  • Arabic: “بُلُنَّارُوَة”
  • Arabic: “بولوناروا”
  • Asturian: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Belarusian: “Паланарува”
  • Bengali: “পলোন্নারুয়া”
  • Bengali: “পোলন্নারুয়া”
  • Burmese: “ပိုလွန်နာရုဝါမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Cebuano: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Chinese: “波隆納魯沃”
  • Chinese: “波隆纳鲁沃”
  • Chinese: “波隆纳鲁瓦”
  • Croatian: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Czech: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Danish: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Dutch: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بولوناروا”
  • Esperanto: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Finnish: “Polonnaruwa”
  • French: “Polannaruwa”
  • French: “Polonnâruva”
  • French: “Polonnâruvâ”
  • French: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Galician: “Polonnaruva”
  • Galician: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Georgian: “პოლონარუვა”
  • German: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Greek: “Πολοναρούγα”
  • Gujarati: “પોલોનરુવા”
  • Hebrew: “העיר העתיקה פולונארווה”
  • Hebrew: “פולונארווה”
  • Hindi: “पोलोननरुवा”
  • Hindi: “पोलोन्नारुवा”
  • Hungarian: “Polonnaruva”
  • Indonesian: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Irish: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Italian: “Polonnaruva”
  • Italian: “Poḷonnaruva”
  • Italian: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Japanese: “ポロンナルワ”
  • Japanese: “古都ポロンナルワ”
  • Kannada: “ಪೊಲೊನರುವಾ”
  • Kannada: “ಪೊಲೊನ್ನರುವ”
  • Kazakh: “Полоннарува”
  • Korean: “폴론나루와”
  • Korean: “플로나와”
  • Latvian: “Polonaruva”
  • Lithuanian: “Polonaruva”
  • Macedonian: “Полонарува”
  • Maithili: “पोलोननरुवा”
  • Malay: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Malayalam: “പൊളന്നറുവ”
  • Maltese: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Marathi: “पोलोनारुवा”
  • Mingrelian: “პოლონარუვა”
  • Nepali: “पोलोननरुवा”
  • Nepali: “पोलोनारुवा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Norwegian: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Persian: “پولونارووا”
  • Polish: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade Antiga de Polonnaruva”
  • Portuguese: “Polonnaruva”
  • Russian: “Полоннарува”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Sinhala: “පොළොන්නරු යුගය”
  • Sinhala: “පොළොන්නරුව”
  • Slovak: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Slovenian: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Spanish: “Polonnaruva”
  • Spanish: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Swedish: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Tamil: “பொலநறுவை”
  • Tamil: “பொலநுறுவை மாவட்டம்”
  • Tamil: “பொலனறுவை”
  • Tamil: “பொலன்நறுவ”
  • Tamil: “பொலன்னறுவை”
  • Telugu: “పొలొన్నరువ”
  • Telugu: “పోలొన్నారువా”
  • Thai: “โปลอนนารุวา”
  • Thai: “โปโฬนนะรุวะ”
  • Turkish: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Ukrainian: “Полонарува”
  • Ukrainian: “Полоннарува”
  • Urdu: “پولونارووا”
  • Urdu: “پولوننارووا”
  • Vietnamese: “Polonnaruwa”

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