
Dekinda Ella Falls – දෙකින්ද ඇල්ල
The 6m-high Dekinda Ella Falll’s source springs from the 24-hectare reserve on the Allagala Mountain, near Yatinuwara historical fortress.
The 6m-high Dekinda Ella Falll’s source springs from the 24-hectare reserve on the Allagala Mountain, near Yatinuwara historical fortress.
This 3m tall Bo Ella Fall is served by a minor bo (Ficus religiosa) leaf-shaped stream (formed by the Ma Oya ) that begins in the Aranayake Rassawa Mountain, and also serves the Ahupini Falls.
The Kirthi Sri Rajasinghe Rajamaha Viharaya is a foremost Buddhist Vihara in Rambukkana. The Maha Pirivena at the Vihara provides education to monks and lay students. The Vihara is closely connected to the Buddhist renaissance of the Kandy period.
We stood in front of a vast mound of crumbling earth. These were the ruins of the Kota Vehera at Deliwela , believed to have been constructed during the period of king Devanampiyatissa. On the side of the ruins was a somewhat dilapidated shrine room, with colourful and elaborate sculptures.
According to the folklore Deliwala Kota Vehera was built by a regional king called Keerthi Tissa in the 3rd century BC. On a request by him, the King Devanmpiyatissa (250-210 BC) invited Mihindu Maha Thero and he came to this temple with the relics which were ceremoniously enshrined. According to professor Paranavithana this stupa was…