Tissa Wewa

Tissa Wewa, an artificial reservoir, was built by Devanampiya Tissa in order to increase the water supply to his capital city of . Only Panda Wewa and Abhaya Wewa are older.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi and Anuradhapura Museum.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The is a sacred Bo tree located in the Mahamewuna Garden, within the historic UNESCO World Heritage City of , Sri Lanka.

Museum
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Anuradhapura Archaeological Museum is the oldest and the largest museum belonging to the Department of Archaeology of Sri Lanka.

Buddhist temple
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The Ruwanweli Maha Seya, also known as the Maha Thupa, is a in , . Two quarts or one Dona of the Buddha's relics are enshrined in the stupa, making it the largest collection of his relics anywhere.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anuradhapura.

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is a major city located in the north central plain of . It is the capital city of and the capital of .

Tissa Wewa

Latitude
8.3353° or 8° 20′ 7″ north
Longitude
80.3789° or 80° 22′ 44″ east
Open location code
6MW289PH+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 30738007
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
Wiki­data ID
Q20823336
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Sinhala—“Tissa Wewa” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “တိဿဝီဝ”
  • Burmese: “တိဿဝေဝ”
  • Indonesian: “Tissa Wewa (Anuradhapura)”
  • Indonesian: “Tissa Wewa”
  • Panjabi: “ਟਿੱਸਾ ਝੀਲ (ਅਨੁਰਾਧਾਪੁਰਾ)”
  • Panjabi: “ਟਿੱਸਾ ਝੀਲ”
  • Sinhala: “තිස්ස වැව (අනුරාධපුරය)”
  • Sinhala: “තිස්ස වැව”

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