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Polonnaruwa - Ancient City |
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පොළොන්නරුව පෞරාණික නගරය |
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Poḷonnaruwa is the main town of Polonnaruwa District in North
Central Province. Kaduruwela area is the Polonnaruwa New Town
and the other part of Polonnaruwa remains as the royal ancient
city of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa.
The second most ancient
of Sri Lanka's kingdoms, Polonnaruwa was first established by
the Chola dynasty after their successful invasion of the
country's then capital, Anuradhapura, in the 10th century. The
Ancient City of Polonnaruwa has been declared a World Heritage
Site.
Polonnaruwa was established by the Cholas as capital
city under the name Jananathapuram in the 10th century. Under
this period systematic destruction of the Buddhist civilisation
took place in the northern plains of Sri Lanka. Raja Raja Chola
I built Vanavan Mahadevisvaram, a Shiva temple at Polonnaruwa
named after his queen, which presently is known as Siva Devale.
The temple among other contained Ganesha and Parvati statues of
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