Anuradhapura
Sri Lanka's Sacred Ancient Capital
Anuradhapura is one of the ancient world’s great cities and one of Buddhism’s most sacred destinations. Its sprawling ruins and living temples make it a place of both archaeological wonder and ongoing pilgrimage.
Highlights
- Eight Sacred Places (Atamasthana) — a pilgrimage circuit of the city's holiest Buddhist sites, including the Sri Maha Bodhi, said to be grown from a cutting of the original Bodhi tree.
- Mihintale Temple —regarded as the birthplace of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, reached by a long stairway up a sacred hill.
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