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Just about 5 km from the city, we reached Tissa Wewa Tank aside from the Isurumuniya and enjoyed stunning views from the tank bund. The tank's breezy atmosphere offers picturesque vistas, such as some stupas. ✅😍 Crocodiles and alligators are absent, making it safe to roam around. 🐊 Shaded by trees, it's perfect to spend leisurely hours at the tank bund during evenings and mornings.🌳 However, be cautious during sunny hot hours. 🌞🌡️ Photographers will find this place a delight! 📸 🏛️ Built in the 3rd century BC by King Devanampiya Tissa, Tissa Wewa is one of Sri Lanka's oldest reservoirs. It served to augment Anuradhapura's water supply and remains the largest tank in the sacred city. 🏰💧 🛁 Bathing is usually prohibited due to its significance in supplying drinking water to Anuradhapura. Also, operating drones is strictly forbidden to preserve the tranquility of the place. 🚫🕊️ 👣❤️ Cherish the experience, "leave only footprints," preserving the sanctity of this remarkable place. 🙏🌿 If you found this review helpful, please consider marking it as such to encourage more elaborative reviews. 🙏😊
Lakshitha SamodLakshitha Samod
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නිසසල අනුරාධපුරයේ පිහිටි සොදුරු ඉසව්වකි. මෙය රැක ගැනීම අපේ යුතුකමයි. උපුටා ගැනීම සීලදීප පිටුවෙනි. (1104) තිසා වැව (අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය ) තිසා වැවේ ඉතිහාසය ක්‍රි.පු තුන්වන සියවසේ දි දේවානම්පිය තිස්ස රජු දවස "තිස්සවාසි" හෙවත් තිසා වැව ඉදිකර තිබේ.මහා වංශයේ සදහන් වන පරිදි පුරාණ අනුරාධපුර නගරයේ ජනයාට ජලය ලබා ගැනිමට තනන ලද පොකුණක්,පණ්ඩුකාභය රජු විසින් වැවක් ලෙස තනවා ඇත.එවක එය “ජය වාපී,, ලෙසද නම් කර ඇතැයි සදහන්.එම වැව දේවානම්පියතිස්ස රඡු විසින් විශාල කර “තිස්සවාපි,, ලෙස නම් කරන ලද බව සදහන්. එය 1889 දි මධ්‍යම වාරිමාර්ග මණ්ඩලය මගින් ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණය කෙරිණි.එහි වත්මන් ජල ධාරිතාවය අක්කර අඩි 3500 කි.අතිතයේ සිටම තිසා වැව භාවිතා කර ඇත්තේ පානිය ජලය ලබා ගැනිමටත්,ඡය ශ්‍රි මහා බෝධින් වහන්සේට පැන් වැඩිමටත් බව අද ඡිවත් වන වැඩිහිටි පරම්පාරාවේ ජනයා පවා සදහන් කරන කරුණකි.එම කරුණු නිසාම මෙම වැවට “පුජා වැව,, යන නමද භාවිතා කර ඇත.විශේෂයේන්ම එවක රජවරු පවා තිසා වැවෙන් ස්නානය කර නැති බව සදහන් වේ.රන්මසු උයන අශ්‍රිතව රජවරුන් ස්නානය සදහා අවශ්‍ය කටයුතු සලසා ගෙන ඇත්තේ ඒ නිසාය. තිසා වැවේ වත්මන් භාවිතය පෙර රජ දවස ඉපිදි අද දක්වාම මනරම් ලීලා පෙන්වන තිසාවැවෙහි වත්මන් භාවිතයේ විශේෂතාව වන්නේ එය පානිය ජල මුලාශ්‍රයක් ලෙස භාවිතා කිරිමයි.අනුරාධපුර නගරයේ කඩ සාප්පු,පොදු පහසුකම් සපයන ස්ථාන,රජයේ කාර්යාල,නාගරික පරිසරයේ ජිවත් වන පවුල් ආදි සැම අංශයක්ම එහි ජලය පරිභෝජනය කරයි. නුවර වැව හා තිසා වැව මගින් දිනකට ජලය පාරිභෝජනය කරන පිරිස ලක්ෂ දෙකද ඉක්මවයි.මේ සා විශාල පිරිසකට ජලය සපයන තිසා වැව ඉතා පිරිසිදුව තබා ගැනිම නියත වශයෙන්ම කළ යුත්තකි. Tissa wewa is a very popular place in Anuradhapura. p. It is our duty to protect this. The excerpt is from the Seeladeepa page. (1104) Tissa Lake (Anuradhapura District) History of Tissa Lake According to Mahawamsa, a pond built by King Pandukabhaya was built as a tank by the King Pandukabhaya in the 3rd century BC. It is said that the tank was enlarged by king Devanampiyatissa and named as "Tissawapi". It was renovated by the Central Irrigation Board in 1889. Its current water capacity is 3500 acre feet. For this reason, the lake is also used as the name "Puja Wewa". That is why kings have taken baths in the vicinity of the garden. Current use of the Tissa Lake The lake consumes more than 200,000 people a day. Therefore, keeping the Tissa Tewa tank clean must be kept clean.
dulani dharmarathanadulani dharmarathana
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The best view ever! This is the biggest lake in Anuradhapura sacred city. In the morning when the sun rising the lake looks in orange mix gold color and there’s mist everywhere and you can also see the three pagodas(Mirisa Watiya Stupa, Ruwanweli Stupa and the Abhaygiri Stupa) from this lake. It’s a very beautiful scene. Swimming in the lake isn’t allowed.Operating drones also totally prohibited. If you’re a photographer this is the best place to capture many aquatic birds and other animals. You can also see the very big hawks catching big fish around this lake in the day time. It’s a really nice scene. There’s not much people around this area so you can peacefully observe the environment and also stay relax in this area.
Buddhika DilshanBuddhika Dilshan
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Thissa wewa is one of the largest tanks in Anuradhapura was built by Devanampiya Tissa (3rd century BC) and still stands today fulfilling water requirements of the people in the area. The embankment is 3.2km long and 25 feet high. It's a very popular bathing place for travelers and locals alike. There are designated bathing spots which are safe to use (Other places are discouraged because there had been deaths). Due to prevalent wind in the area you could see bit of wave action too. Thissa wewa is also a very nice place watch the sunset which creates a beautiful scene of sun setting over the large tank. Right next to it is the Ranmasu uyana which is an ancient park.
Charitha RatnayakaCharitha Ratnayaka
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Thissa Wawa at Anuradhapura Srilanka, is a gigantic irrigation project built by late king, 'Dewanampiyatissa' and is situated closer to the old road from Anuradhapura - Puttalm. The Tissa tank or 'Thissa wawa' was built around 300 B.C. The dam around this tank is about 25 feets high and is about 2 Kms in length. The entire tank's water surface covers at about 400 acres. The amazing (Bisokotuwa) irrigation engineering technology used at Tissa wawa to control the speed and direction of incoming water flow is working 100% perfect uptodate and a 'must seen' if you are paying a visit here.
Dul SamsingheDul Samsinghe
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It is situated just about 5 km from the city the view is pretty nice during the evenings. Bathing is not allowed usually so does the fishing. It's a lovely place to enjoy some quality time during drought seasons you can see some old structures in middle of the tank. No crocodiles or alligators are in the tank so it is safe to hang around and if you are going for swim (not allowed though) please be careful as there are so many incidence of getting drowned.
Kasthuri Arachchi Jr.Kasthuri Arachchi Jr.
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Tissa Wewa, an artificial reservoir, was built by Devanampiya Tissa in order to increase the water supply to his capital city of Anuradhapura. Only Panda Wewa and Abhaya Wewa are older. The embankment of Tissa Wewa is 2 miles long and 25 feet high.
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