World Tourism Day - Provincial Celebration at Silver Temple Rideegama
Official Events
Concurrent with World Tourism Day, the official provincial celebration of North Western Province is being held in Rideeviharaya Spiritual Tourism Destination by Wayamba Development Authority, a statutory entity representing Wayamba Tourism involvements, which is organising themed activities for the celebration. The day’s events are as follows:
- Spiritual Heritage tour reach to Pahangala Caves
- Cultural Performances dominating multi-cultural dive
- Thematic Discussion
The event will be on 2024.09.27 throughout the day with unanimous experiences on spiritual landscape and awareness on thematic discussion and explore the interaction of cultural exchange.
The program is bringing together and collaborating of Rideegama Temple, Wayamba Development Authority, Divisional Sectreteriat-Rideegama, Local Authority-Rideegama, and Cultural Centre Rideeviharaya.
Ridee viharaya
(Silver Temple)
Ridee Viharaya, a sacred place together with an all-inclusive holiday resort, an ecological and aesthetic stop having an unique spiritual landscape. Foreign visitors arriving in Sri Lanka from the Katunayake Bandaranake International Airport, can get an adequate understanding of Sri Lankan Buddhist culture and art at this amazing place.
Ridee Viharaya is located on a hilly place in the village of Rideegama of the Kurunegala District. On your way to this sacred place, it needs to turn left at the Mallawapitiya Junction on the Kurunegala – Kandy Road and proceed on the Keppetigala Road for 16 Kilometers to access this glorious gift of nature.