TM Lanka Tours

Located in the inner city of Colombo next to the Beira Lake, the Gangaramaya temple is very popular tourist attraction owing to its features offering the visitors of glimpses of changes and continuities of Lankan history as well as Buddhism. Its treasure-trove museum holds an innumerable number of Buddha statues from all over the world along covering various Buddhist traditions – Theravada, Mahayana, Tibetan, Northern and Zen Buddhism. Nowhere else in this island one would find such an ensemble of icons of different cultures and traditions housed in a single, small place like Gangaramaya of which lavish architecture and statues showcasing Sri Lankan, Chinese, Thai, Burmese and many other artistic styles. The museum also has a collection of old wristwatches from various countries, Dutch coins, and antique cars collected from the late 19th century. Easy access and its vast array of attractions both religious as well as historical have made the temple a highly popular tourist attraction in the city of Colombo.