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- Ratnapura, located 85 km southeast of Colombo is in the Valley of Kalu River. It was an important place since Mesolithic Balangoda Culture where the anatomically modern man was lived 38,000 years before. Ratnapura also has a rich and colourful history in the gem industry where most of the gem mines are located around this area.
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Batadombalena Cave - Kuruwita
Date of Issue : 2005-12-21
Blue Sapphire
Date of Issue : 2003-10-21
Bone fragments of Extinct Animal
Date of Issue : 2005-12-21
Star Sapphire
Date of Issue : 2015-09-03
Blue Sapphire
Date of Issue : 2015-09-03
Cat's Eye
Date of Issue : 2015-09-03
Padparadscha
Date of Issue : 2015-09-03
Bopath Ella Falls
Date of Issue : 2003-10-21
Cat's Eye
Date of Issue : 1976-06-16
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Batadombalena Cave - Kuruwita
Date of Issue : 2005-12-21
Blue Sapphire
Date of Issue : 2003-10-21
Bone fragments of Extinct Animal
Date of Issue : 2005-12-21
Star Sapphire
Date of Issue : 2015-09-03
Blue Sapphire
Date of Issue : 2015-09-03
Cat's Eye
Date of Issue : 2015-09-03
Padparadscha
Date of Issue : 2015-09-03
Bopath Ella Falls
Date of Issue : 2003-10-21
Cat's Eye
Date of Issue : 1976-06-16
- Ratnapura, located 85 km southeast of Colombo is in the Valley of Kalu River. It was an important place since Mesolithic Balangoda Culture where the anatomically modern man was lived 38,000 years before. Ratnapura also has a rich and colourful history in the gem industry where most of the gem mines are located around this area.
MOST STRIKING FEATURES
Ratnapura is world-famous for its precious gemstone over 2,000 years where gem mining, cutting, processing, and trading is being done.
What To See & Do
Canoe ride, Kalu river
- Canoe ride in the Kalu river is an amazing experience. It starts from...
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Batadombalena
- Batadombalena cave has yielded the evidence (at 37,000BP) of anatomically...
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Bopath Ella
- Bopath Ella waterfalls take the shape of a perfect heart-shaped head, much like the sacred...
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Ratnapura Gems, Gem mining to Gem market
- Ratnapura and the surrounding area have considered one of the huge gemstone...
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Ratnapura Saman Devalaya, Saman Devala Perahera
- Ratnapura Saman Devalaya one of the most venerated temples in Sri Lanka has...
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Kitul jaggery, kitul treacle, Kitul timber products
- The fishtail palm tree locally known as Kitul tree (Caryota urens) is grown...
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