The Chitiya at the Menikdena is built on a raised platform is quite large. There is evidence that the Chithiya once had the four flowered alters and granite Buddha images facing the four cardinal directions.
This 75 meter high Pitawala Pathana Ella Fall No 1 lies deep inside the jungle of Pitawala Pathana on the Patana Dola. To reach to fall you would need to hike passing the now abandoned Pathana Gama and take a guide.
Pothana Rajamaha Viharaya in Sigiriya lies in a cave complex in Sigiriya which have proved to have a historical as well as pre historical value.
Arambepola Ambalama is a small Ambalama lying between Akurana and Alawathugoda on the main road to Matale from Kandy. Made out of clay/cement the the roof is covered with a tin roof today.
A large wooden Ambalama (way side rest) probably built during Kendyan era. The structure is completely made of wood decorated with various carvings.
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…
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.
The legends of the Bambawa Rajamaha Viharaya goes back to to time of King Wattagamini Abhaya better known as king Walagamba. The king came to power in 104 BC but invaders from South India captured the capital within the same year.
This temple is believed to be first built by the king Devanampiyatissa (250-210 BC) of Anuradhapura kingdom. The murals we see today at the Sri Nilagiri Rajamaha Viharaya has been of course done by the Sittaras of Nilagama.
According to popular legend, The Awariyapathaha Rajamaha Viharaya was first built by king Vattagamini Abaya better known as king Walagamba (89-77 BC). There has been 2 dilapidated stupa’s on rock in the recent past, one has been totally destroyed by treasure looters along with many other ancient artifacts.
Silvathgala Rajamaha Viharaya is an typical village temple in Bambarakatupotha on the Galewela – Kalawewa Road close to the Devahuwa Reservoir. Silvathgala, so named due to being the adobe of a unordained monk in the ancient past is an small rocky outcrop on the edges of Devahuwa Reservoir.
The aptly named Gerandigala (the rat snake rock) is a rocky outcrop over 1 km long running parallel to the Galewela – Kalawewa Road near the small town called Damunumulla. Unlike many other rocky outcrops with flat top surfaces, the spine of this rock holds several precariously balanced boulders placed like the plates on the…
The name ‘Balakaduwa‘ is said to be a command made by King Walagamba meaning “lookout for the sword.” The king had thrust his sword on the ground and gone for a dip in the waterfall. Afterwards he had left the place forgetting the sword.
No addtional information is available on this 14 meter high Kurunduwala Ella Falls. The location of the waterfall is based on alltravels.com information.
Haththota Amuna (Hattota Amuna) is an ancient weir (anicut) with 46 km long feeder channel constructed across the Kalu Ganga, a tributary of Amban Ganga near Pallegama during the reign of Aggabodhi II (608-618 A.C.)
The 12 meter Kopi Ella Waterfall (Coffee Falls)l echoes the coffee is as it name signifies, where in 1823 exported form the Vicaten Estate. To facilitate the movement of coffee plucked from mountains, the British diverted the stream to from a canal to serve transportation.
To get the 8m Kande Sudu Water Falls in Matale district, Laggala Electorate, in Pallegama DS, travel along the Matale Illukumbura Road for 28km, where the communications tower is situated.
This 15 meter high Wegala Watte Ella waterfall is located in Matale District, Ukuwela DS, Elkaduwa Village. The stream bisects at its lip.
The 14m Kumbaloluwa Falls cascades in two stages into a deep gorge known as ‘Atambagahawala’. Which is said to have already claimed the life of a Buddhist priest.
The 18m high Watagoda Falls, for a time, was also known as both Pusella and Kadu Ella, which is located in Watagoda village, Matale District.
