Baptism Church Hanwella is one of the oldest churches in Colombo dating back to 1820 and consider as the first ever baptism Church Sri Lanka had. Nestled in Hanwella, Colombo the Hanwella church has the reputation of conducting the baptism at that time that seemed to embrace the Lord.
Colombo is a district where the water resources are much appreciated and cherished, especially for the domestic water consumption of the area. Labugama – Kalatuwa reservoir have been facilitating this dire need throughout the past centuries. Labugama Reservoir can be considered as on of the giants in holding the massive amount of water, with the forest reserve as its sanctuary. The reservoir was established near the Labugama Kalatuwa reserve which constructed interrupting the water flow of Wak Oya of Melanie River Basin. As the British Colonial engineers constructed this stronghold of water, the Labugama river also work as a nurture land for the nearby forest reserve and continuously feeding them being feed back maintains the codependency.
Daladawatte Maha Viharaya is located in the Kaluthara district. According to historians this temple was used to safekeeping of the sacred tooth relic well hidden from the invaders. As a result, the present day administers of the temple holds an annual pageant similar to the pageant of the temple of the tooth relic in Kandy.
