Alakeshwara Palace or Tombstone

Archaeological ruins

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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
29°
Partly Cloudy
05:5218:25 +0530
Feels like: 34°C
Wind: 13km/h WSW
Humidity: 69%
Pressure: 1009.14mbar
UV index: 0

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  • Great historical place

    Aruna Fernando.Lecturer National Avatar Aruna Fernando.Lecturer National

    This is Alakeshwara palace

    Adeesha Dulanjana Avatar Adeesha Dulanjana
  • I am living closer to it

    kalhar indika Avatar kalhar indika

    Good

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

    studio AK Avatar studio AK

    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
  • Part of the kotte kingdom. King Alakeshwara's tomb is situated here.

    Milinda Huruggamuwa Avatar Milinda Huruggamuwa

    Preserved ancient Alakeshwara Palace remains.

    Chamila Mihiripenna Avatar Chamila Mihiripenna
  • This is an archeological site so don’t do bad stuff

    Roshani Wijesinghe Avatar Roshani Wijesinghe

    it is historical place in Jayawardanapura

    Sriyantha Swarnamalitha Peramunagama Avatar Sriyantha Swarnamalitha Peramunagama
  • 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

    A Valuable place for a history lover...

    Ruwindu Senanayake Avatar Ruwindu Senanayake
  • 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

    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
  • Historical places in kotte

    Sasith Kollure Avatar Sasith Kollure

    It was beautiful

    Kasun Avishka Avatar Kasun Avishka
  • It is good to say that it is the most important archaeological site in Sri Lanka because there are very few historical ruins belonging to the Kotte kingdom period (1412... Read More

    Prasad Subasinghe Avatar Prasad Subasinghe

    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)
  • Our heritage

    Sujith Rathnayaka Avatar Sujith Rathnayaka

    Ancient monument.

    sudarshana sampath Avatar sudarshana sampath