Outdoors · Polonnaruwa · Cultural Triangle
The Sea of Parakrama
Parakrama Samudra — Western edge of Polonnaruwa
WATER LIKE A SEAPhoto by No machine-readable author provided. Jolle~commonswiki as… on Wikimedia CommonsIts name means 'Sea of Parakrama' — built under a king who declared that not a drop of rain should reach the ocean unused.
A 22.6-square-kilometer reservoir on the western edge of Polonnaruwa, completed under King Parakramabahu I in the 12th century by joining several older tanks. The ancient city's ruins begin a short ride from its bund.
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7.9000° N, 80.9670° ECarto · OSM
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