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People on a wide seafront lawn below glass towers, with kites flying above.

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Galle Face Green

Monumental Buddha statues viewed through leaves.

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A large white museum building with green grounds.

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National Museum

Interior of the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy, Sri Lanka, a revered Buddhist site housing Buddha’s tooth relic.

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Temple of the Tooth

Two elephants on green grass in Sri Lanka; one is lifting its truck over its head.

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Uda Walawe National Park

Dutch hospital in the old town of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lanka, North Eastern Province, Trincomalee, Nilaveli Beach, coastline

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Two people walk between talk stone pillars with carvings towards the ruins of an ancient structure

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Polonnaruwa Ruins

People admire the views from the summit at Sigiriya in Sri Lanka, with views of forests and plains.

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A man near a waterhole scours the landscape with binoculars in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

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Yala National Park

Crowded street market with colorful signs, vendors, and shoppers in Pettah district of Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Abhayagiri Dagoba stupa, Jetavanaramaya, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka; Shutterstock ID 539498596; purchase_order: 65050; job: ; client: ; other:

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Abhayagiri Dagoba

Jaffna Fort, built by the Portuguese near Karaiyur at Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1618 under Phillippe de Oliveira following the Portuguese invasion of Jaffna. Fortress of Our Lady of Miracles of Jafanapatao

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Wild elephants roam the jungles and marshes of Kumana National Park

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Kumana National Park

Mirissa Beach

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Pigeon Island Marine National Park

Palms leaning over a sandy beach with surfers in the water beyond.

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Arugam Bay Beach

Fishing boats rest on sand and grass by a beach in Sri Lanka. People stand near the boats on the sand, and groves of palm trees are just inland.

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Exhibits and infographics about the history of Sigiriya in the museum, in Dambulla, Sri Lanka.

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Sigiriya Museum

Aerial of Uppuveli, with the ocean on the right.

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Interior of a sacred Buddhist shrine in the Dambulla Cave Temples, Sri Lanka.

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Dambulla Cave Temples

Exterior of Isurumuniya Viharaya on a summer day in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

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Isurumuniya Vihara

An elephant wades through a river

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Minneriya National Park

A toque macaque monkey runs down a slope at Pidurangala Hill with a jungle landscape view of the ancient Sigiriya rock fortress in the background in Sri Lanka.

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Buddhist stupa Ruvanvelisaya Dagoba in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

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Ruvanvelisaya Dagoba

View of the Sri Maha Bodhi tree on a sunny day in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

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Bowls of brewed tea and lidded pots of loose leaf grades on a green tasting counter at Uva Halpewatte Tea Factory, Sri Lanka

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Uva Halpewatte Tea Factory

Ahangama, Sri Lanka. Nov 17 2019 : Tea tasting in the he Handunugoda Tea Estate and Tea Museum. Ahangama, Sri Lanka

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Handunugoda Tea Estate

Low angle view across dense rows of stone meditating Buddhas on the open air terrace pointing toward the shining silver stupa of the Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Gangaramaya Temple

View of the Rankoth Vehera, the largest Buddhist stupa at the ruins of the ancient kingdom capitol of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.

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Giant seated Buddha in the Viharamahadevi park in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Viharamahadevi Park

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Baddhasima Prasada

A man standing in front of Bambarakanda Falls, the tallest waterfall in Sri Lanka.

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Bambarakanda Falls

Beruwala, Western Province/Sri Lanka - February 7 2018: Brief Gardens, Home of Bevis Bawa

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Tourists standing in front of the Buduruwagala Raja Maha Viharaya in Sri Lanka, an ancient Buddhist temple with massive rock carvings of Buddha, surrounded by forest.

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Interior of the second Cave of the Great Kings (Maharaja Viharaya) with a reclining Buddha in Dambulla Cave temple, Sri Lanka.

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Cave II (Maharaja Viharaya)

Close-up of tea leaves in the Dambatenne Tea Factory, Haputale, Sri Lanka.

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Dambatenne Tea Factory

Degal Doruwa cave temple, Kandy: seated Buddha in rippled red robe holding a flower offering, framed by a multicoloured halo

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Degal Doruwa Raja Maha Vihara

A woman sitting in the pools at the Diyaluma Waterfall in Southern Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lankan elephant refugee camp. "Udawalawe" Transit Home is a refuge for baby elephants, the majority which have been affected by the tragic incidents.

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Elephant Transit Home

Interior of Number 11, Geoffrey Bawa's Colombo residence in Sri Lanka.

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Geoffrey Bawa House

Hakgala Botanical Garden in Hakgala, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.

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Hakgala Botanical Gardens

Trekker walks in Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka.

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Horton Plains National Park

Jaffna, Sri Lanka - January 12th 2020 : Jaffna Public Library, with its famous public reading room and store of newspapers and journals is one of the region's most important landmarks. ; Shutterstock ID 1884369016;

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Jaffna Public Library

Two people standing in front of the Jetavanaramaya, a Buddhist Stupa located in the ruins of Jetavana in the ancient city Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

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Jetavanarama Dagoba

Kandy Lake and the island which houses the Royal Summer House at dawn, Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

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Great White Heron in Kaudulla National Park, Sri Lanka.

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Kaudulla National Park

Blue-skinned figure with dark coiled hair, gold hoop earrings and strings of beads, seen from below against deep blue sky

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Koneswaram Temple

Tea-pickers at Lipton's Seat tea gardens in Haputale, Sri Lanka.

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Lipton’s Seat

Magul Maha Viharaya, ancient Buddhist temple, Pottuvil, Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka

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Magul Maha Vihara

Maritime museum in Galle Fort, Sri Lanka: long ochre warehouse with blue shutters, tiled porch and red Entrance sign

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Marine Archeological Museum

A monk sweeps the ground at a temple in Mihintale, Sri Lanka.

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Mihintale Ruins

View of Mt Kirigalpotta, the second tallest mountain in Sri Lanka, from the Horton Plains National Park in the central highlands of Sri Lanka.

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Mt Kirigalpotta

Rock Temple Staircase leading to a grave and the dagga.

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Mulkirigala Rock Temples

Royal Botanical Garden in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

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Peradeniya Botanic Gardens

Exterior of Ridi Viharaya or Silver Temple, a Theravada Buddhist temple in the village of Ridigama, Sri Lanka.

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Ritigala Manewa mountain ancient ruins of Singhalese kingdom in Anuradhapura, North central Province, Sri Lanka.

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