{"id":7270,"date":"2025-06-24T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T10:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/alpha\/?p=7270"},"modified":"2025-08-10T11:00:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T11:00:21","slug":"plans-unveiled-by-central-cultural-fund-to-elevate-yapahuwa-into-a-cultural-tourism-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/plans-unveiled-by-central-cultural-fund-to-elevate-yapahuwa-into-a-cultural-tourism-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans Unveiled by Central Cultural Fund to Elevate Yapahuwa into a Cultural Tourism Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dr. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi, Minister of Buddhist governance, Religious and Cultural Affairs, went on an observation tour at the Archaeological Land of Yapahuwa yesterday (22).<br>The minister said the aim is to set up a formal scheme required to properly preserve historical heritage.<br>The Minister who visited the Yapahuwa project focused on excavations, conservation, landscaping and maintenance done by the Department of Archaeology and Central Cultural Fund in Yapahuwa Archaeological Sites.<br>His Excellency Negammanana Sirirathana thero and also discussed with him about the issues that should be developed to Yapahuwa as a tourist attraction area.<br>North Western Province Governor Thissa Warnasuriya, Director General of Archaeology Dr. Thusitha Mendis, Director General of Central Cultural Fund Dr. Nilan Kurey and a group of people\u2019s representatives also joined together for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"7274\" src=\"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/510442586_1042183828063190_8289861753979511297_n-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7274\" 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Hub&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512704101_1042184658063107_3535454562603780876_n-960x636-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512704101_1042184658063107_3535454562603780876_n-960x636-1-300x199.jpg",300,199,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512704101_1042184658063107_3535454562603780876_n-960x636-1.jpg",768,509,false],"large":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512704101_1042184658063107_3535454562603780876_n-960x636-1.jpg",950,629,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512704101_1042184658063107_3535454562603780876_n-960x636-1.jpg",960,636,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512704101_1042184658063107_3535454562603780876_n-960x636-1.jpg",960,636,false],"inspiro-featured-image":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512704101_1042184658063107_3535454562603780876_n-960x636-1.jpg",960,636,false],"inspiro-loop":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512704101_1042184658063107_3535454562603780876_n-960x636-1-950x320.jpg",950,320,true],"inspiro-loop@2x":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512704101_1042184658063107_3535454562603780876_n-960x636-1.jpg",960,636,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512704101_1042184658063107_3535454562603780876_n-960x636-1-600x400.jpg",600,400,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail@2x":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512704101_1042184658063107_3535454562603780876_n-960x636-1.jpg",960,636,false],"portfolio_item-masonry":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512704101_1042184658063107_3535454562603780876_n-960x636-1-600x398.jpg",600,398,true],"portfolio_item-masonry@2x":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512704101_1042184658063107_3535454562603780876_n-960x636-1.jpg",960,636,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_cinema":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512704101_1042184658063107_3535454562603780876_n-960x636-1-800x335.jpg",800,335,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_portrait":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512704101_1042184658063107_3535454562603780876_n-960x636-1-600x636.jpg",600,636,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_portrait@2x":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512704101_1042184658063107_3535454562603780876_n-960x636-1.jpg",960,636,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_square":["https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512704101_1042184658063107_3535454562603780876_n-960x636-1-800x636.jpg",800,636,true]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7277,"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7270\/revisions\/7277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccf.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}