Kaludiya Pokuna Forest

[1] The site has been handed over to the Girls' High School, Kandy in accordance with the "Urumaya Thani Nokaramu" program organized by the Department of Archeology.

Plants like Hydnocarpus venenata, Mischodon zeylanicus, Lepisanthes senegalensis, Grewia rothii, Ficus microcarpa, Mussaenda frondosa, Drypetes sepiaria, Mallotus eriocarpus, Manilkara hexandra, Dimocarpus longan, and Tetrameles nudiflora are abundant.

Besides them, forest is also home for the other primates in Sri Lanka, such as toque macaque and red slender loris and other herbivorous mammals, such as Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), spotted deer (Axis axis), sambar (Rusa unicolor), and wild boar (Sus scrofa).

The area is also home to a full complement of potential predators such as black eagles (Ictinaetus malaiensis), crested serpent eagles (Spilornis cheela), brahminy kites (Haliastur indus), white-bellied sea eagles (Haliaeetus leucogaster), leopards (Panthera pardus), fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) and Indian rock pythons (Python molurus).

The following list provide the fauna of Kaludiya Pokuna Archeological Forest Reserve.

Black pond at Kaludiya pokuna
Pagoda at Kaludiya pokuna
former monasteries at Kuladiya Pokuna
Stairs to main site at Kuladiya Pokuna
Medieval sinhala at Kaludiya Pokuna Slab inscription
Pagoda at Kaludiya Pokuna
Crimson rose at Kaludiya pokuna
Dendrelaphis tristis at Kaludiya pokuna
Halcyon smyrnensis at Kaludiya pokuna
Kaludiya pokuna forest cover
Kaludoya pokuna mountainous rock of Kandalama lake side
Path for kaludiya pokuna forest site
Kaludiya pokuna board at Green Paradise Hotel premises, showing the path