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Archaeological Sites

Aligambai Buddhist Archaeology Ruins

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Eastern Province

Ampara District

7°09'22.6"N 81°46'46.4"E

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THE PLACE

At Aligambai, Buddhist archaeological remains occupy a rocky outcrop amid broad paddy fields near Akkaraipattu. The unrestored ruins and surrounding agricultural landscape are best viewed together as traces of an older settlement and religious presence.
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Eastern Province

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Ampara District

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Akkaraipattu

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7°09'22.6"N 81°46'46.4"E

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THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S NOTES

Ask before entering cultivated land. Do not move stones, pottery or other surface material, and avoid damaging crops.

- Viran de Silva

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