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Ancient Anuradhapura
Isurumuniya Vihara
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Here, big bits of Sri Lanka's cultural and religious heritage sprawl across 3 sq km.
In the centre is one of the world's oldest trees, the Sri Maha Bodhi (more than two
thousand years old). That it has been tended uninterrupted by record-keeping
guardians for all those centuries is enough for shivers down the spine. The sur-
rounding fields of crumbling monasteries and enormous dagobas (stupas) attest
to the city's role as the seat of power in Sri Lanka for a thousand years. Biking
through this heady past is a thrilling experience (
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