-
Hatharas Kotuwa - tee cube
Relics are
enshrined in this part too.
Devatha Kotuwa -
cylindrical neck This is
built on the
Hatharas Kotuwa.
Figures of...
- Jami-Ul-Alfar
Mosque (Sinhala: කොලඹ කොටුව රතු පල්ලිය, romanized: Kolomba
Kotuwa Rathu Palliya, Tamil: மஸ்ஜிதுல் ஜாமிஉல் அஃபார் அல்லது சம்மாங்கோடு பள்ளிவாசல்...
-
Colombo English Name
Native Name 1
Colombo Fort
Kotuwa 2
Slave Island Kompanyaweediya 3
Colpetty Kollupitiya 4
Bambalapitiya 5 Narahenpita,
Havelock Town...
-
Galle Fort (Sinhala: ගාලු කොටුව Galu
Kotuwa; Tamil: காலிக் கோட்டை, romanized: Kālik Kōṭṭai), in the Bay of
Galle on the
southwest coast of Sri Lanka, was...
- The Star Fort (Sinhala: මාතර තාරකා කොටුව
Mathara Tharaka Kotuwa; Tamil: விண்மீன் கோட்டை, romanized: Viṇmīṉ Kōṭṭai) is a fort in Matara, Sri Lanka, located...
- used to
indicate a
suburb outside a fort. Today, the
Sinhala phrase, pita-
kotuwa (outside the fort)
conveniently describes the same place.
Pettah is a multi-religious...
-
communities or
their contribution to the location. Some of
these are: Ja Goda Ja
Kotuwa Thavasikulam Hambanthota (Sampan- Thota)
Taiyiddi Thachathopu Jawatte Kartel...
- Parangiyawatta,
meaning "land of the Portuguese", and the area
nearby is
known as Ja-
kotuwa,
suggesting that it was the
settlement of Ja or
Javanese people better known...
- they do not
possess the
standard square shape parts (Hathares
Kotuwa and
Dewatha Kotuwa)
above the dome and
instead they have
umbrella shaped fixed pinnacles...
- the
Bentota River (Bentara Ganga),
which in
Sinhala was
called Parangi Kotuwa,
meaning the fort of the Portuguese. The
river marked the
southern extremity...
