Kalutara - Bodhi Temple and Richmond Castle

Bodhi Temple in Kalutara.

Richmond Castle is an Edwardian mansion, located near Kalutara.Built between 1900 and 1910, it was formally the country seat of Mudaliyar Don Arthur de Silva Wijesinghe Siriwardena. The building is currently owned by the Public Trustee and open to the public. The house sits on a hill 2 km from the Kalutara, adjoining the Kalu Ganga River at Palatota, on a 42 acres estate beside the Kalutara-Palatota Road. Richmond Castle is a two-storey building with sixteen rooms, 99 doors and 34 windows. All essential supplies for the building were sourced from abroad, including floor tiles from Italy, teak from Burma, window panes, decorated with glass depicting grapevines, from Scotland, and an iron stair and bathroom fittings from England.