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හබරාදුව ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ටාශයේ කතළුව අටදාහේ වලව්ව නමින් ප්‍රසිද්ධ නිවාසය ආරම්භ වන්නේ 1630 ආසන්නයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණි පෘතුගාල රාජකීය සම්භවයක් ඇති පෘතුගීසි නාවික හමුදාවේ ලුතිනන් ඔවන් ෆර්ඩිනැන්ඩස් ගෙනි. මෙකල ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මුහුදුබඩ ප්‍රදේශය පැවතියේ පෘතුගීසි පාලනය යටතේය.
වැනියරවෙල අම්බලම ගොඩනැගීම පිළිබඳව කිසිවෙකු නොදනී. නමුත් මුලදී මෙය සාදා ඇත්තේ වහල් පළ 4කට බෙදා චතුරශ්යාකාරවය. බොහෝ විට මෙම අම්බලමද බද්දේගම අම්බලම හා සමාන විය හැක. මෙහි මුල් අම්බලම ගරාවැටීමෙන් පසු වසර 1967දී වැනියරවෙල අම්බලම නැවත ගොඩනගා ඇත්තේ අද දක්නා හැඩයටය. එබැවින් මෙහි පුරාණ වටිනාකම සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම විනාශ වී ඇත.
බද්දේගම නගරයේ ගිං ගඟ ආසන්නයේ බද්දේගම අම්බලම පිහිටා තිබෙනවා. බද්දේගම නගරය මද්‍යයේ නාගොඩ මාර්ගයට හැරී මීටර 100 ක් පමණ ගමන් කල විට මාර්ගය කරකැවී වැව් කණ්ඩියක් හා සමාන කොටසක් හරහා ගමන් කොට පසුකරමින් ගිං ගඟට සමාන්තරව පැරණි හික්කඩුව මාර්ගයට එක්වෙනවා. බද්දේගම අම්බලම ඇත්තේ මෙම තුන්මන්සලේමයි. කුඩා කඩ කිහිපයක් අතර සිරවී මෙම අම්බලම පවතිනවා.
මනරම් වෙල්යායක් මැද සාදා තිබෙන හබරාදූව මීපේ වෙළමැද අම්බලමට වසර 200කට වැඩි දිගු අතීතයක් තිබේ. අවසන් හුස්ම හෙලමින් සිටි මීපේ අම්බලම 2016 වසරේදී පුරාවිද්‍යා දෙපාර්තුමේන්තුව විසින් ප්‍රතිෂ්ඨාපනය කොට සංරක්‍ෂණය කොට ඇත. මෙම අම්බලම සතරැස්ය. වහලය කණු සතරකින් දරා සිටී. එය සිංහල උළු යොදා ආවරණය කොට ඇත.
In the middle of lush green paddy fields of Bothale lies an dilapidated Ambalama neglected by the authorities. The history of the Bothale village goes back to times of King Gothabaya (253-266 AD) of Anuradhapura kingdom.
Malgamandeniya is a small agricultural village in Akurana, Matale District. The wooden Ambalama at Malgamandeniya lies on the edge of a paddy field interior to the main road. The structure stands on 4 huge raised wooden beams. The roof is held by another four pillars connected to the floor beams. It seems that the Ambalama…
Mangalagama is known for 2 landmarks, one is the historic Bodhimalakaramaya Temple and and the other is the Mangalagama Ambalama which lies right next to the road.
Padiwita Ambalama, and ancient wayside rest lies in middle of a paddy field in the Matale District. History of this Ambalama is not known but it can be presumed that this has been built during the Kandyan kingdom, before the British invasion.
Totagamu Rajamaha Viharaya has been identified as the ancient Vijeyaba Pirivena; one of the foremost institutions of learning in the 5th century Lanka.
This ancient Dodanduwa Shailabembaramaya temple is located close to 103 km post along the Galle – Colombo main road near the Dodanduwa Railway Station. Considered as the base for Sri Kalyanawamsa Chapter, this temple was built in the early 19th century. Around A.D.1819 a small Image House was built, then added a “Sanghavasa (Priests’ residence)…
It was only on the fifth day that the seven adventurers reached the 90-ft Hathe Ella waterfall made up of three different layers. “Finally after walking for three hours on the fifth day, we heard the waterfall.
Hakgedi Ella Falls is a small waterfall which is probably about 3 meters tall lying in the rural village of the Porambakananke on the Galle – Akkuressa Road. .
Kanneliya Anagimala Ella Falls lies in Galle District inside the Kaneliya Forest Reserve. From here, a 3 km trek leads you to the fall. This multi necklace waterfall is more lively in the moths of May –June.
Rumassala , known to colonialists as Buona Vista, is the subject of many legends. It is featured in the Ramayana, as the home of the beautiful Queen Sita.
Anawilundawa Sanctuary consist of interconnected 9 tanks going back to the 12th century and sadly the water ways which fed this system is lost without an trace and today these tanks are fed by flood waters of the Deduru Oya
Hikkaduwa National Park lies in the popular tourist destination of Hikkaduwa along its beach. The corral reefs on this marine park has made Hikkaduwa Beach one of the most sought after beaches of the country
This location at Vakaneri is an ancient Buddhist site with a pilfered dagaba and the remains of three structures. There are also the remains of a pond and a stone prakara around it.
The Dutch Reformed Church, with gables on the eastern and western walls, but no tower, was completed in 1755. It is similar in style to the ones in Negapatnam and Cochin in India, even including the walls. It is built on the site of an earlier Portuguese convent. Around the church and within the walls is a small graveyard.
The Galle lighthouse is situated inside the landmark Galle Fort. It is built seven metres above the road on the ramparts. This is Sri Lanka’s oldest light station dating back to 1848, but the original lighthouse was destroyed by fire in 1934.
According to Sir James Emerson Tennant Galle was the “Tarshish” referred to in the Bible as the port where ships trading with King Soloman obtained their Elephants, Peacocks and Gemstones. Most certainly the place where the Galle Fort now stands as well as other areas in Galle like Unawatuna, Magalle, Kaluwella and even the China Gardens were all areas with historic connections which go back long before the Portuguese Era.