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Kadugannawa Railway Museum
National railway museum is the national railway museum of Sri Lanka, located in Kadugannawa. The railway museum is owned by Sri Lanka Railways. The museum was opened on 27 December 2014 in order to commemorate the 150th anniversary of railway service in Sri Lanka. Previously, the museum was located in Colombo.
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Lotus Tower Colombo
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Lotus Tower (Sinhala: නෙලුම් කුලුන; Tamil: தாமரைக் கோபுரம்), also referred to as Colombo Lotus Tower, is a tower 350 m (1,150 ft) high, located in Colombo, Sri Lanka.[1][2] It has been called a symbolic landmark of Sri Lanka.[3] As of 2019, the tower is the tallest self-supported structure in South Asia; the second tallest structure in South Asia after the guy-wire-supported INS Kattabomman in India; the 11th tallest tower in Asia and the 19th tallest tower in the world.[3] It was first proposed to be built in the suburb of Peliyagoda but later the Government of Sri Lanka decided to change the location.[4] The lotus-shaped tower is used for communication, observation and other leisure facilities. Construction costed $104.3 million. [5]