Alakeshwara Palace or Tombstone

Archaeological ruins

Secure Parking

Watching Time : 30 Minutes

Amazing Experience

There are two foundations located close to each other and are assumed to be the palace ruins of King Nissanka Alagakkonara (Alakeshwara), who was a minister of King Vikramabahu III of Gampola. Architectural features and the artifacts found from the site, such as grinding stones and water filters, collaborate with the assumption that the site is the palace of Alakeshwara. However, this site is also known to have the mausoleum (tomb) of Alakeshwara,

Opening Hours

24 Hours Open

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, LK
28°
Partly Cloudy
06:0218:31 +0530
Feels like: 34°C
Wind: 8km/h W
Humidity: 86%
Pressure: 1009.14mbar
UV index: 9

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  • This is Alakeshwara palace

    Adeesha Dulanjana Avatar Adeesha Dulanjana

    Historical places in kotte

    Sasith Kollure Avatar Sasith Kollure
  • A very calm and peaceful place that remains largely unknown, even among those living in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. It’s surprising how many people are unaware of the historical significance of... Read More

    Chanuka Nadun Avatar Chanuka Nadun

    You must visit this heritage.don't bring back atleast a stone. just leave your footprints and come.

    Travel Tec & Tours Avatar Travel Tec & Tours
  • A Valuable place for a history lover...

    Ruwindu Senanayake Avatar Ruwindu Senanayake

    historical place and wonderful maintenance and clear this is the palace of kotte Kingdom or tomb of Alakeshwara.

    Dushantha Chamal (Ibagathe) Avatar Dushantha Chamal (Ibagathe)
  • Part of the kotte kingdom. King Alakeshwara's tomb is situated here.

    Milinda Huruggamuwa Avatar Milinda Huruggamuwa

    One of the Archaeological place in kotte..

    Yasiru Kuruwitage Avatar Yasiru Kuruwitage
  • Great historical place

    Aruna Fernando.Lecturer National Avatar Aruna Fernando.Lecturer National

    A rare archaeological site in the heart of Colombo.

    Chandana Abayawardana Avatar Chandana Abayawardana
  • visit all other sites of old kotte kingdom, a must see on the outskirts of colombo.

    studio AK Avatar studio AK

    අලකේශ්වර මාළිගය, ඇතුල් දිය අගල, පැරණි කොටු බැම්ම, පිටත දිය අගල, පුරාවිද්‍යා කෞතුකාගාරය වගේම ගල් අම්මබලම බලන්නත් අමතක කලේ නෑ. පුරාවිද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවෙන් දැන්වීම් පුවරු යොදා තිබෙන නිසා මෙම ස්ථාන නැරඹීමට... Read More

    Nish Perera Avatar Nish Perera
  • මෙම නටඹුන් ස්ථානයේ එකිනෙකට සමීපව ඉදිකර ඇති ගොඩනැගිලි දෙකක පාදම් පවතී. මෙය කෝට්ටේ බළකොටුව ඉදි කරවූ වීර අලකේශ්වරයන් ගේ මාළිගාව හෝ එතුමා ආදාහනය කරන ලද ස්ථානය ලෙස මත දෙකක් පවතී. කෙසේ... Read More

    TC Bandarawela Avatar TC Bandarawela

    This historic site dating back to the 14th century is believed to be either the tomb or palace of Alakeshwara, a minister of King Wickramabahu, the third of Gampola. Various domestic... Read More

    Thushini Goonewardene Avatar Thushini Goonewardene
  • Preserved ancient Alakeshwara Palace remains.

    Chamila Mihiripenna Avatar Chamila Mihiripenna

    Nice

    Future Engineering Avatar Future Engineering
  • Our heritage

    Sujith Rathnayaka Avatar Sujith Rathnayaka

    It was beautiful

    Kasun Avishka Avatar Kasun Avishka
  • Archaeological site and museum, ancient kingdom of Sri Lanka.

    Mahesh Abeyratne Avatar Mahesh Abeyratne

    Believed to be the place of burial of the founder of Kotte, the Tomb of Alakeshwara can be easily reached through the Alakeshwara road on the Pittakotte road. Alakeshwara who... Read More

    Paochieh Cheng Avatar Paochieh Cheng