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A guide to Matale: the 1848 rebellion against British rule, its self-proclaimed king, the town's spice trade heritage, visiting tips and map.
A guide to Sri Muthumariamman Thevasthanam in Matale: its growth from a roadside shrine, the 1983 riots and restoration, visiting tips and map.
A guide to Arankele forest monastery: home to Arahant Maliyadeva, its half-kilometre meditation walkway, Pansukulika ruins, visiting tips and map.
A guide to Ridi Vihara (Silver Temple): the ginger merchant's jackfruit gift that led to a silver discovery funding Ruwanwelisaya, visiting tips and map.
A guide to Aluvihare Rock Temple: birthplace of the written Pali Canon, destroyed by the British in 1848, its decades-long recompilation, visiting tips and map.
A guide to Nalanda Gedige near Matale: Sri Lanka's only Hindu-Buddhist hybrid stone temple, its Tantric carvings, and its 1980s relocation, visiting tips and map.
A guide to Sri Lanka's East Coast: Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Arugam Bay, wildlife parks, and the region's unique dry-season timing.
A guide to Trincomalee: one of the world's finest natural harbours, its ancient temple, colonial and WWII history, visiting tips and map.
A guide to Fort Frederick in Trincomalee: built from a demolished temple's stones, still an active Sri Lankan military base, its resident deer, visiting tips...
A guide to Koneswaram Temple and Lover's Leap in Trincomalee: a Pancha Ishwaram Shiva shrine, and a tragic legend later debunked, visiting tips and map.