Wedihiti Kanda is a rocky hill that is 3.5 km away from the notable Kataragama Devalaya. Wedihiti Kanda is one of the well-known destinations for pilgrims to Kataragama, except Kataragama Devalaya and Sella Kataragama. There are few details of Wedihiti Kanda, but folklore reveals that this mountain has a solid link to the Kataragama Deity. Myths of yore tell that King Dutugemuwa guaranteed the Deity Kataragama that he would construct a grandeur devale if he defeated King Elara, whose rule field was Anuradhapura. When the war was achieved the King Dutugemunu entered Kataragama and met with Deity Kataragama. It is…

The Lunugamwehera National Park is located within Thanamalwila, Wellawaya, Kataragama and Buttala in Moneragla district and Lunugamvenara in Hambantota District. The physiographic of the park is distinguished by a vast featureless smoothly fluctuation plain with rock knob plain usually occupying the slightly elevated ranges in the south. The entire area of the park is 23,498ha. The Lunugamvehera reservoir holds a significant space in the park. Therefore the total dry region of the park is 20,156.8ha. The average yearly rainfall at Thanamalwila is around 1000mm, and the rain in the parking region decreases from north to south and west to east.…

Kiri Vehera is found within the confines of the sacred city of Kataragama; the Kiri Vehera is a piece of the Solosmasthana or sixteen sacred sites of Buddhist devotions in Sri Lanka. The Kiri Vehera takes its title from its gleaming white structure, which reaches 95-feet tall. Believed to have been built by King Mahasen to mark the point where the Buddha delivered an address on his third visit to the island, it consecrates the golden chair from which the speech was given, a lock of the Buddha’s hair and the royal sword done by Prince Siddhartha to cut off…

Sella Kataragama is a little town lying on the cliffs of Menik Ganga river about 4 kilometres north-west of Kataragama, which has been formed into the legends of Deity Kataragama as much as Kataragama itself. According to Hindu trusts, God Skanda is also known as Murugan, Arumugam, Kandasami, Subrahmanya, etc. Several legends describe the birth of this deity, and according to Hindu stories, God Skanda got to Sri Lanka following a row with his partner Thevani and landed in the southern part of the island. He made Wedihiti Kanda near Kataragama his adobe. One day he saw a stunning 16-year-old…

The history of the historical Ruhunu Maha Kataragama Devalaya goes back a long way. Although not archeological, traditional and imaginary theories contribute to this. Kataragama, then known as Kacharagama in the Hela where the Supreme Buddha preached, was seated in a cedar forest in a cedar forest, and a sermon was preached to the Buddha while he was reciting the Dhamma. The forerunner of this was arranged by a ruler named Mahasena, a pro-people philanthropist who was a local ruler at the time. It is said that the ruler of Kataragama was born in the name of God Mahasen after…