{"id":271,"date":"2018-11-27T09:16:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T09:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kayankerni.org\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T08:26:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T08:26:41","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kayankerni.org\/ta\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0b89\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0b9f\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\u0b95\u0bbe\u0baf\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bbf \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0baf\u0bae\u0bcd\n\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>Declared in April 2019 by the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) of Sri Lanka, Kayankerni Marine Sanctuary (KMS) covers 953ha of coral reefs, seagrass meadows and mangroves. 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