This "City of Ruins" and home for the "Tree of Enlightenment", popularly known as "The Sri Maha Bodhi", is not only one of the most sacred places for the Buddhists but also a great Tourist destination. This city has so much to offer to the Pilgrims and Tourists alike. Among the important sites are the great white and fine Ruvanweli Seya (Dagoba / Stupa), the small but important Thupārama Dagoba, Huge 75m high Abhayagiri Dagoba, 70m  high Jetavanarama Dagoba, the Brazen Palace which had been a  nine story building of which the roof was bronze built on 1600 stone pillars (now only the stone pillars are to be seen) etc. This vast area that has been hidden away in the thick jungle for a long time and now turned into one large garden has ruins of so many Temples, Palaces, Monasteries, Monuments and other important places of interest to be seen.

Eight Great Places of Veneration in Anuradhapura

• Sri Maha Bodhiya
• Ruwanwelisaya
• Thuparamaya
• Lovamahapaya
• Abhayagiri Dagaba
• Jetavanarama
• Mirisaveti Stupa
• Lankarama

Other structures

• Isurumuniya
• Magul Uyana
• Vessagiri
• Rathna Prasadaya
• Queen's Palace
• Dakkhina Stupa
• Sela Cetiya
• Naka Vihara
• Kiribath Vehera
• Kuttam Pokuna
• Samadhi Statue
• Toluwila Statue