Aradunu Water Fall

Aradunu Water Fall

Aradunu Fall

Height:-   30m

Location:- Passara

Province:-Uva

            The 30m-high Aradunu Ella Falls is so named because of its bow shape. According to folklore, King Walagamba (an ancient ruler of Sri Lanka) took refuge from south Indian invaders inside a cave found near the fall. There is also said to be a tunnel to the rear of the fall that leads up to Passara Raja Maha Vihara (temple).

              Currently, the fall is dammed for the nearby tea factory and hydro-electricity project. As a result, the fall can only be visited during the dry seasons, when turbines are inactive.

             Situated in the Badulla District’s Passara Electorate on the Loggalla Oya (river), which begins in the Namunukula Mountain Range, this fall flows through an abandoned savannah grassland that is now used for agriculture.

Alikola Oya North Water Fall - Wishari Water Fall

Alikola Oya North Water Fall - (Wishari Water Fall)

Alikola Oya North Water Fall - Wishari Ella

Height:-    20m

Location:- Badulla

Province:- Uva

           The Wisari Ella (Wishwari Ella), also known as the Alikola Oya North falls lies hidden deep inside the mountains of Uva.  The 20m-high Alikola Oya waterfalls are formed by the Punagala and Alikola Rivers, which both flow from the Maha Kande Mountain’s eastern slope. The falls flow into the Kirindi River.

          The falls are situated in the Badulla District.To reach the falls, travel 20 kilometers from Kumbalwela Junction ( on Badulla – Bandarawela Road) on the Wellawaya – Kumbalwela Road (A23) or 13.5 kilometers from Wellawaya to reach the by road towards the Wiswari Ella. The new name board has been installed recently at this turn off.

Alakolagala Waterfall

Alakolagala Waterfall

Alakolagala Waterfall

Height:-   30m

Location:- Badulla

Province:-Uva

               The source of the fall is the Alokola Oya (river), which runs through beautiful mountains and thick jungle. Situated in the Badulla District, the fall can be reached by travelling along the Colombo, Ratnapura and Batticoloa highway. Such is the scale of this 30m fall, it can be seen from up to 3km away. The water collects to form a deep pool, significantly enhancing the beauty of the area that is comprised of jungle, the nearby mountain ranges.

Adi Hate Wala Waterfall

Adi Hate Wala Waterfall

Height:-   5m

Location:- Passara

Province:-Uva

             Adi Hate Wala Ella Waterfall is another relatively unknown waterfall hidden deep inside the jungles off Passara in the Badulla District of Sri Lanka. The base pool of this waterfall is better known by the people in the area as Adi Hate Wala (the 60 feet water hole) which is said to be about 60 feet deep. 

Adi Hate Wala Waterfall

Water Falls of Badulla District in Sri Lanka

Water Falls of Badulla District in Sri Lanka

S/N    Name     [Height  (m/ft)]

Bambarakanda Water Fall

01    Adi Hate Wala Water Fall  (5m)
02    Alakolagala Water Fall  (30m)
03    Alikola Oya North Water Fall - Wishwari Fall   (20m)
04    Aradunu Water Fall   (30m)
05    Arawakumbura Dunhinda Water Fall   (45m)
06    Bambarakanda Water Fall   (263m / 863ft)
07    Dehigala Water Fall   (30m)
08    Diyabetma Water Fall  (5m)
09    Diyaluma (Upper) Water Fall    
10    Diyaluma Water Fall  (220m)
11    Diyawetena Ella Water Fall ( * )
12    Dumpeella Water Fall  (24m)

Diyaluma Water Fall

13    Dun Ella Water Fall   (125m)
14    Dunhinda Water Fall  (64m)
15    Ellatota Water Fall   (20m)
16    Gal Ekka Ella Water Fall   (5m)
17    Galkanda Water Fall  (*) 
18    Gerandi Ella Water Fall    (8m)
19    Gotuwala Ella Water Fall   (*) 
20    Haldummulla Ella Water Fall  (15m)
21    Kirindioya Ella Water Fall  (10m)
22    Kuda Dunhinda Ella Water Fall  (6m)
23    Kudalu Ella Fall     (20m)
24    Lanka Ella Fall      (32m)
25    Mahadola Ella Fall    (7m)
26    Mana Ella Fall     (23m)
27    Meemana Ella Fall   (60m)
28    Milla Ella Fall (Gona Wetuna Ella)   (*)

Dunhinda Water Fall

29    Nagadowa Ella Fall    (8m)
30    Nagarak Ella Fall    (9m)
31    Nalini Ella    (*)
32    Obada Ella Fall    (5m)
33    Pankandura Ella Falls ( Minee Ella ) ( 9m)
34    Papulagala Ella Fall  (30m)
35    Piyangiri Ella Fall   (44m)
36    Ranpuhulan Ella Fall   (20m)
37    Ranugalla Dunhinda Ella Fall  (15m)
38    Ravana Ella Fall Lower (Bambaragama Fall)   (9m)
39    Ravana Ella Fall Upper   (23m)
40    Uduwara Ella Fall - Kalupahana  (*)  

41    Uduwara Ella Fall - Uduwara  (5m)

42    Unagolla Ella Fall  (33m)
43    Walankanda Ella Fall (20m)
44    Wanduramala Ella Fall (35m)
45    Wewassa Ella Fall  (22m)

            

Dambulla cave temple also known as the Golden Temple of Dambulla is a World Heritage Site in Sri Lanka, situated in the central part of the country. This site is situated 148 kilometres east of Colombo and 72 kilometres north of Kandy. The entrance to the Rock Temple by the Kandy main road, it is 2 km to the Dambulla town. Dambulla cave temple is  Sri Lanka's Largest Rock Cave Temple built on a 600 feet high Rock.

Dambulla cave temple in Sri Lanka

                The Dambulla Rock Temple had first been constructed during the rein of King Vattagamini Abhaya ( 103 BC and 89-77 BC ). The Sinhalese often call him as King Valagamba. During a South Indian invasion the king had to abandon his Anuradhapura Kingdom . For 12 years, King Valagamba was in hiding and had frequented these caves for his safety. After regaining the kingdom of Anuradhapura and becoming the King, to show his gratefulness for his safe place, he converted those caves into Buddhist Temples by constructing walled partitions under the rock overhang which spans the entire area as a single large cave. He got drip ledges made along this large cave and made it suitable to withstand rainy weather and avoided water seeping inside the caved areas. The three cave temples named as Devarajalena, Maharajalena and the Paccimalena were constructed by him.

              After King Vattagamini Abaya's rein, for several centuries this cave temple had not come under the patronage of any other Kings until Vijayabahu I (1055-1110 AD ), who made Polonnaruwa his kingdom. He had done renovations to the Cave temples and it is believed that there were Buddhist monks dwelling in this and nearby caves at that times. King Keerthi Sri Nissankamalla (1187-1196 AD ) was much involved in uplifting the place with many additional Buddha images being constructed and gold plating some seventy three Buddha images in the cave temple.

          King Buwanekabahu (1372-1408 AD), King Vickramabahu III (1360-1374 AD), King Rajasinha I (1581-1591 AD) and King Vimaladharmasuriya I (1592-1604 AD ) are the other Kings merited with the uplifting of the status of the Temple at various times of the years gone by.


          

See also

The Rock Temple (Rangiri Dambulla Rajamaha Viharaya)and The Golden Temple

Dambulla cave temple