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The special sites of the Cultural Triangle are the Jetavana and Abhayagiri monastery complexes at Anuradhapura, the Alahana Parivena monastic university and the royal city and places at Polonnaruwa, the city, palace and gardens at Sigiriya and the painted cave temples at Dambulla.
You can visit these project sites as they have been conserved and presented under the UNESCO - Sri Lanka Cultural Triangle Project. A Round Trip entry ticket costs Us $ 50.00. Tickets can be purchased from Travel Agents, or the Tourist Board, or the Central Cultural Fund Office, 212/1 , Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 07 or at any one of the CCF sites. (Dambulla alone is administered by a separate temple authority and not by the Central Cultural Fund, and tickets are available from the temple authorities.)
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The Place where you can buy the tickets:
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Central Cultural Fund,
Head Office,
212/1, Bauddhaloka Mawatha,
Colombo 7.
Tel : +94-(0)11-2587912 +94-(0)11-2587912 / 500732 / 3
Fax : +94-(0)11-500731
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Central Cultural Fund,
Athapuththu Office,
11, Independant Avenue,
Colombo 7.
Tel : +94-(0)11-2679921 +94-(0)11-2679921
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Central Cultural Fund,
Sigiriya Project,
Sigiriya.
Tel : +94-(0)66-2286946 +94-(0)66-2286946
Fax : +94-(0)11-2286945
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Central Cultural Fund,
Kandy Project,
Kandy.
Tel : +94-(0)81-2222738 +94-(0)81-2222738
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Central Cultural Fund,
Abhayagiri Project,
Anuradhapura.
Tel : +94-(0)25-2222351 +94-(0)25-2222351
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Central Cultural Fund,
Jethawana Project,
Anuradhapura.
Tel : +94-(0)25-2224718 +94-(0)25-2224718
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Central Cultural Fund,
Alahana Project,
Polonnaruwa.
Tel : +94-(0)27-2224850 +94-(0)27-2224850
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Tours
Most tours of Sri Lanka include a visit to the Cultural Triangle sites. You may also visit the sites by arrangement with travel agents or travel operators in Sri Lanka. A three or four day tour enables you to visit all the major sites. A one - or two day trip to Kandy , Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa or Anuradhapura is also possible , if your stay is a short one.Traveling time from Colombo to the ancient cities is as follows.
- Kandy - 3hrs
- Dambulla - 3 ½ hrs
- Polonnaruwa - 4 ¼ hrs
- Anuradhapura - 4 ½ hrs
Museums in the Cultural Triangle
Make sure you see the new museums in the Abhayagiri monastery at Anuradhapura, the Treasure Room of the Jetavana monastery, and the new visitor centre and museum at Polonnaruwa. The Archaeological Museum at Anuradhapura is one of the oldest museums in the Cultural Triangle area.
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