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Ratnapura is a city in Sri Lanka located at a distance of
103 km from Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. Ratnapura literally
means the city of gems. In fact, Ratnapura is renown for its
collection of gems.
Sri Lanka ranks amongst the top five gems-bearing nations
of the world and is famous for its concentration of variety
of gems. Ratnapura has a collection of gems including, white,
yellow, pink, orange, purple, and the blue star sapphires,
ruby, and star ruby, cat's eye, topaz, amethyst, moonstone,
aquamarine, tourmaline, garnet, zircon, spinel, alexandrite,
citrine. Ratnapura also has some exotic gems including patite,
sinhalite, ekanite, enstatite, andalusite, kornerupine etc.
Ratnapura has some excellent sights and scenes and the town
charms tourists a lot.
Attractions near Ratnapura:
Sri Pada, one of the tourist attractions has direct route
from Ratnapura
Sinharaja Forest and Uda Walawe Wildlife Park are situated
close by
Surrounding hill country offers some lovely sight and trekking
spots
Ratnapura also provides great option for bird watching
Watch Gem mining and cutting operations
Ratnapura has some famous museums including Ehelepola folk
culture museum, gem museum, and other private museums.
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