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Showing posts with label Mountain Range. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Pidirutalagala Mountain (8281 ft)

Pidurutalagala is the Sri Lanka's highest peak, also known as Mount Pedro, rises 2524m (8281ft) above sea level, immediately behind the Nuwara Eliya town.  Pidurutalagala Mountain Range is part of the central high lands of Sri Lanka witch is World Heritage Site of Sri Lanka.  Unfortunately, the path to the summit, which is the site of Sri lanka's main television transmitter and Radar system of Sri lanka Air Force and Civil Aviation Authority, is closed to visitors for security reasons. For a view of the summit and a superb panorama of the surrounding hills and plantations, you can walk to the top of the picturesquely named single Tree Mountain, south of town off the Badulla road, in about 90 minutes.


On the way

Misty Peak

View from half a way





Sunday, August 5, 2012

Ritigala Mountain - Sri Lanka - āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļģāļš්⎂ිāļ­ āˇ€āļąාāļą්āļ­āļģāļē









āļ¸āˇ„ ⎀ැ⎀් āļ¯ාāļœැāļļ් ⎃ිāļē āļœāļĢāļąāļš් āļ‰āļ¯ි⎀ු āļģāļĸ āļģ‍‍‍‍āļ§ේ ⎀āļą āˇ€āļ¯ුāļŊිāļą් āļ†āˇ€āļģāļĢāļē ⎀ු āļģāļš්⎂ිāļ­ āˇ€āļąාāļą්āļ­āļģ ⎀āļŊිāļą් āļ¸ුāļŊ් āļ­ැāļąāļš් āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ⎀āļą āļ´ිāļē⎃āļ§ āˇ„ිāļ¸ි‍‍‍‍‍⎀ෙāļēි.‍‍‍‍‍‍⎃ොāļļාāļ¯āˇ„āļ¸āļ§ āļ´්‍āļģිāļē āļšāļģāļą āļ•āļąෑāļ¸ ‍āļšෙ‍‍‍‍‍‍āļąෙāļšු‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍āļœේ ⎃ිāļ­ āļ´ිāļąා āļēāļą āļ…āļ´ූāļģු ⎃ුāļą්āļ¯āļģāļ­්⎀āļēāļš් āļ¸ේ āļ­ුāļŊ āļ‡āļ­.
⎀āļą āˇƒංāļģāļš්⎂āļĢ āļ¯ෙāļ´ාāļģ්āļ­āļ¸ේāļą්āļ­ු⎀ේ āļ¯ැāļŠි āļģāļš්⎂ිāļ­āļēāļš්⎀ āļ‡āļ­ි āļ¸ෙāļ¸ āļšāļŗු ⎁ිāļ›āļģāļēේ āļ‡āļ­ි āļģූ⎃්⎃ āļœāˇƒ් ⎀āļŊිāļą්āļ¯ āļ¸ෙ⎄ි āļ‰āļ­ි⎄ා⎃āļē āļ´ි⎅ිāļļිāļšු ⎀ේ.

āļ´ි⎄ිāļ§ීāļ¸

āļ‹āļ­āļģු āļ¸ැāļ¯ āļ´āˇ…ෘāļ­ේ,āļ…āļąුāļģāļ°āļ´ුāļģāļēāļ§ āļąුāļ¯ුāļģිāļą් āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļšāļą්āļ¯ āļ´ි⎄ිāļ§ා āļ‡āļ­.
āļ´āļŊුāļœāˇƒ් ⎀ැ⎀ āļ´්‍āļģාāļ¯ේ⎁ීāļē āļŊේāļšāļ¸් āļšොāļ§්āļ¨ා⎁āļēāļ§āļ­් āļšැāļšිāļģා⎀ āļ´්‍āļģාāļ¯ේ⎁ීāļē āļŊේāļšāļ¸් āļšොāļ§්āļ¨ා⎁āļēāļ§āļ­් āļ¸ාāļēිāļ¸්⎀ āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļ´ි⎄ිāļ§ා āļ‡āļ­.⎄āļļāļģāļĢ āļ…āļąුāļģාāļ°āļ´ුāļģ āļ¸ාāļģ්āļœāļēේ āļœāļŊāļ´ිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ ⎄ා āļœāļąේ⎀āļŊ්āļ´ොāļŊ āļ…āļ­āļģ āļ¯āļšුāļĢු āļ´āˇƒිāļą් āļ…āļš්āļšāļģ 7200āļš āļ´āļ¸āļĢ āļģāļ¸āļĢීāļē āļˇූāļ¸ි āļˇාāļœāļēāļš් āļ¸ෙāļ¸ āˇ€āļąāļ´ිāļē⎃ිāļą් ⎀ැ⎃ී āļ‡āļ­්āļ­ේāļē.
⎀ිāļ¯ේ⎁ීāļšāļēāļą්āļœේ āļ´āˇ€ා āļ…⎀āļ°ෘāļąāļēāļ§ āļŊāļš්⎀ āļ‡āļ­. āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļšāļŗුāļšāļģāļē āļšāļŗු āļ¸ුāļ¯ුāļą් ⎄āļ­āļšිāļą් ⎃āļ¸āļą්⎀ිāļ­ āˇ€ේ.āļ’⎀ා āļąāļ¸්,āļ†āˇƒිāļēා āļšāļą්āļ¯,āļļāļ§ āļšāļą්āļ¯,āļšොāļŠිāļœāļŊ,āļ‹āļĢ āļšāļą්āļ¯,āļ…āļšāļģාāļ´āļ­ි āļšāļą්āļ¯,āļ´āļ§āļŊීāļē ⎄ිāļą්āļą,āļšිāļģි⎀ැāļŊ් ⎄ිāļą්āļą āļ†āļ¯ිāļē ⎀ේ.
600māļš් (āļ…āļŠි 2000āļš්) āļ´āļ¸āļĢ āļ‹āˇƒිāļą් āļēුāļ­් āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ ⎀ිāļē⎅ි āļšāļŊාāļ´āļēේ āļ‰āˇ„⎅āļ¸ āˇƒ්āļŽාāļąāļē āļ¯ āˇ€ේ.
āļšිāļģිāļē āļœāˇƒ් ⎀ැ⎀,āļšāˇ…ුāļ‘āļļේ,āļ¸ොāļģāļœොāļŠ,āļ¸ූāļģිāļēා āļšāļŠāˇ€āļŊ,āļļāļ¸ුāļĢුāļœāļ¸,āļ‹āļŊ්āļ´āļ­,⎄ීāļąුāļš්āļšිāļģිāļēා⎀,āļœāļŊāļ´ිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļ†āļ¯ි āļœāļ¸්āļ¸ාāļą 14āļšිāļą් ⎀āļ§āˇ€ āļ¸ෙāļ¸ āˇ€āļą āļ´ිāļē⎃ āļ´ි⎄ිāļ§ා āļ‡āļ­.
āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļšāļą්āļ¯āļ§ āļ´ි⎀ි⎃ෙāļą්āļąāļ§ āļ¸ුāļŊිāļą්āļ¸ āļ‡āļ­්āļ­ේ āļšුāļŠා āļœāļŊ් āļšු⎅ු āļšි⎄ිāļ´āļēāļš් āļ‹āļŠිāļąි.āļ’ āˇƒāļ¸āļŸāļ¸ āļ…āļ´āļ§ āˇ„āļ¸ු ⎀āļą්āļąේ āļ­āļģāļ¸āļš āļ¯ිāļœ āļ´āˇ…āļŊāļšිāļą් āļēුāļ­ු āļœැāļšුāļģ āļ…āļŠි 30āļš් āļ­āļģāļ¸් ⎀ූ āļœāļģා ⎀ැāļ§ුāļĢු"āļļāļą්āļ¯ා āļ´ොāļšුāļĢ" āļąāļ¸් ⎀ූ ⎃ු⎀ි⎁ාāļŊ āļ´ොāļšුāļĢāļēි.
āļ‰āļą් āļ´āˇƒු⎀ āļ­ැāļąිāļą් āļ­ැāļą āˇ€ි⎃ිāļģී āļ´ැāļ­ිāļģී āļ‡āļ­ි āļœāļŊ් āļ´ාāļŊāļ¸්,āļ´ිāļēāļœැāļ§ āļ´ේ⎅ි,āļšāˇ€ාāļšාāļģ ⎀ූ ‍⎁ෛāļŊāļ¸āļē ⎀ේāļ¯ිāļšා,āļ”āļ´āļ¸āļ§්āļ§āļ¸් āļšāļģāļą āļŊāļ¯āˇ€ි⎁ාāļŊ āļœāļŊ් āļ´ු⎀āļģු,⎃ෙāļŊ්āļ¸ු⎀ා āļ´āˇ„āļą්,āļ­āļ§ාāļš,āļļෙ⎄ෙāļ­් āļ”āļģු,⎃āļŊ āļ´āļ­āļŊ āļ¸āˇ…ු,⎃āļš්āļ¸āļą් āļ¸āˇ…ු,āļšāļ§ාāļģāļą් āļšෙāļ§ූ āļœāļŊ් āļŊෙāļą්,āļ´āļ­ාāļąāļœāļģ ⎄ා āļœāļŊ් āļšු⎅ුāļĢුāļē.
āļ¸ේ ⎃ිāļēāļŊ්āļŊāļš්āļ¸ āļ…āļ´āļ§ āļšිāļēා āļ´ාāļą්āļąේ āļ…āļ´ේ āļ…āļ­ීāļ­ āˇ€ා⎃්āļ­ු ⎀ිāļ¯්‍āļēා⎀ේ ⎀ි⎃්āļ¸ිāļ­ āļąිāļģ්āļ¸ාāļĢාāļ­්āļ¸āļš āˇāļš්āļ­ිāļēāļēි.āļ‘āļ¯ා ⎃ිāļ§ි āļģāļĸ⎀āļģුāļąāļœේ⎃ංāļąි⎀ේāļ¯ි āļ¸ාāļąāˇƒිāļš āļœāļ­ි āļŊāļš්⎂āļĢāļēāļą්āļē.
āˇ€āˇƒāļģ 1500āļš āļ´āļ¸āļĢ āļšාāļŊāļēāļš් āļ…āļ¯්⎀ිāļ­ීāļē ⎀āļ§ිāļąාāļšāļ¸āļšිāļą් āļēුāļš්āļ­ āļ†āļģාāļ¸ිāļš āˇƒංāļšීāļģ්āļĢāļēāļš් ⎀⎁āļēෙāļą් āļ´ැ⎀āļ­ි āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ 11 ⎃ිāļēāˇ€āˇƒේāļ¯ීāļ ෝ⎅ āļ†āļš්‍āļģāļ¸āļĢāļēāļ­් ⎃āļ¸āļŸ āļš්‍āļģāļ¸āļēෙāļą් āļąāļ§āļšුāļą් ⎀āļą්āļąāļ§ āˇ€ිāļē.⎀āļąāļœāļ­ āˇ€ීāļ¸ āļąි⎃ා ⎀āļą āˇƒāļ­ුāļą්āļœේ ⎀ා⎃⎃්āļŽාāļąāļēāļš් āļļ⎀āļ§ āļ´āļ­් ⎀ූ āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļšāļą්āļ¯āˇ€āļģ්āļ­āļ¸ාāļąāļēේāļ¯ී ⎀āļąාāļą්āļ­āļģāļēෙāļą් ⎀ැ⎃ී āļ´āˇ€āļ­ී. āļ¸āˇ„ා⎀ං⎁āļēේ "āļ…āļģිāļ§්āļ¨ āļ´āļļ්āļļāļ­" āļēāļąු⎀ෙāļą් āļ¯ැāļš්⎀ෙāļą්āļąේ āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļļ⎀ āļ‰āļ­ි⎄ා⎃āļĨāļēāļą්āļœේ āļ¸āļ­āļēāļēි. āļˇා⎀āļąාāļąුāļēෝāļœි āļˇිāļš්⎂ූāļą් ⎀⎄āļą්⎃ේāļŊා ⎃āļŗāˇ„ා āļēෝāļœ‍්‍āļē ⎀ූ āļąි⎃⎃āļŊ ⎀āļąāļœāļ­ āļ´ෙāļ¯ෙ⎃āļš් ⎀⎁āļēෙāļą් āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ ⎀ැāļ¯āļœāļ­්āļšāļ¸ āļ‘⎄ි āļ¯āļš්āļąāļ§ āļŊැāļļෙāļą āļąāļ§āļšුāļą් ⎀āļŊිāļą්āļ¯ āˇ„ෙ⎅ි ⎀ේ.

āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļŊෙ⎃ ⎄ැāļŗිāļą්⎀ීāļ¸

  • āļ¸ෙāļē āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļŊෙ⎃ ⎄ැāļŗිāļą්⎀ීāļ¸āļ§ āˇ„ේāļ­ු āļœāļĢāļąා⎀āļš් āļļāļŊāļ´ා āļ‡āļ­.
āļ´ාāļŊි 'āļ…āļģිāļ§්āļ¨ āļ´āļļ්āļļāļ­' ⎃ං⎃්āļšෘāļ­ 'āļ…āļģි⎂්āļ§ āļ´āļģ්⎀āļ­' āļēāļą්āļąෙāļą් ⎃ිං⎄āļŊāļēāļ§ āļļිāļŗී āļ‘āļą්āļąāļ§ āļ…āļ­ැāļēි ⎃ාāļ¸ාāļą්‍āļē‍āļēෙāļą් ⎃ැāļŊāļšේ. 'āļģිāļ§ි' āļēāļąු āļ´ාāļŊි 'āļ…āļģිāļ§්āļ¨' āļēāļą්āļąෙāļą් āļļිāļ¯ී āļ† 'āļ†āļģāļš්⎂ා⎀' āļēāļą āļ…āļģුāļ­් āļ‡āļ­ි āļ´āļ¯āļēāļšි. āļ’ āļ…āļąු⎀ āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļ†āļģāļš්⎂āļš āļ´āļģ්⎀āļ­āļēāļšි. āļ¸āˇ„ා⎀ං⎁āļēේ 'āļ…āļģිāļ§්āļ¨ āļ´āļļ්āļļāļ­' āļŊෙ⎃ ⎃āļŗāˇ„āļą් ⎀āļą්āļąේ ‍āļ¸ෙāļ¸ āˇƒ්āļŽාāļąāļēāļēි.
  • āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļ¯āļš්āļąāļ§ āļ‡āļ­ි 'āļģිāļ§ි' āļąැāļ¸āļ­ි āļœāˇƒ් ⎀āļģ්āļœāļē āļąි⎃ා āļ¸ෙāļ¸ āļ´āļģ්⎀āļ­āļē āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļąāļ¸ිāļą් ⎄āļŗුāļą්⎀āļą්āļąāļ§ āļ‡āļ­ āļēāļą්āļą āļ­āˇ€āļ­් āļ¸āļ­āļēāļšි.
  • āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļ…āļŠāļ­ැāļą්āļąේ āļ´ි⎄ිāļ§ි āļģිāļ§āļš් āļ¸ෙāļą් āļ‰āˇ„⎅āļ§ āļ‘āˇƒāˇ€ී āļ‡āļ­ි āļ´āļģ්⎀āļ­āļēāļš් āļąි⎃ා āļ¸ේ āļąāļ¸ āļŊැāļļෙāļą්āļąāļ§ āļ‡āļ­ැāļēි āļ¯ āˇ€ි⎁්⎀ා⎃ āļšෙāļģේ.
  • āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļēāļą āļąāļ¸ේ 'āļģිāļ§ි' āļēāļą්āļąෙ⎄ි āļœැāļļ්⎀ āļ´āˇ€āļ­්āļąා ⎃ැāļļෑ āļ…āļģුāļ­ āļšුāļ¸āļš් ⎀ු⎀ āļ¯, āļ‘āļ¸ āˇ€āļ¯āļą āˇƒිං⎄āļŊ āļˇා⎂ා⎀ේ āļ´ුāļģාāļ­āļą āˇ€āļ āļąāļēāļš් āļļ⎀⎀ාāļœ් ⎀ිāļ¯්‍āļēාāļ­්āļ¸āļš āˇ„ා āļ“āļ­ි⎄ා⎃ිāļš āˇƒාāļ°āļš āļ†āˇ්‍āļģāļēෙāļą් āļ´ැ⎄ැāļ¯ිāļŊි ⎀ේ.

āļœāˇ€ේ⎂āļĢāļē āļšිāļģීāļ¸

⎁්‍āļģී āļŊංāļšා⎀ේ āļ´ුāļģා ⎀ිāļ¯්‍āļēාāļ­්āļ¸āļš āļœāˇ€ේ⎂āļĢ āˇ€āļŊ āļ´ුāļģෝāļœාāļ¸ිāļēෙāļš් ⎀⎁āļēෙāļą් ⎃ැāļŊāļšāļą āļ‘āļ ්.⎃ී.āļ´ී.āļļෙāļŊ් āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļ´ි⎅ිāļļāļŗ āļ…⎀āļ°ාāļąāļē āļēොāļ¸ුāļšāˇ… āļ´්‍āļģāļŽāļ¸ āļ´ුāļģා ⎀ිāļ¯්‍āļēාāļĨāļēා ⎀ෙāļēි. āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļšāļą්āļ¯ āļ¸ු⎅ුāļ¸āļąිāļą්āļ¸ āļœāˇ€ේ⎂āļĢāļē āļšොāļ§ āļ‘⎄ි āļ´ැ⎀āļ­ි āļŊෙāļą් ⎄ා ⎁ිāļŊා āļŊිāļ´ි ⎄āļŗුāļąා āļœැāļąීāļ¸āļ­්,āļąāļ§āļšුāļą් ⎃ොāļēා āļœැāļąීāļ¸āļ­් āļ”⎄ුāļœෙāļą් ⎃ිāļ¯ු ⎀ුāļĢු āļšාāļģ්āļēāļą්āļē.āļ‘āļ¸ āˇƒිāļēāļŊු āļ´ුāļģා ⎀ිāļ¯්‍āļēාāļ­්āļ¸āļš āļ­ොāļģāļ­ුāļģු āļ‡āļ­ුāļŊāļ­් āļšොāļ§ āˇƒැāļŊ⎃ුāļ¸් ⎄ා āļģූ ⎃āļ§āˇ„āļą් āˇƒāˇ„ිāļ­āˇ€ āļļෙāļŊ්āļ¸āˇ„āļ­ා ⎀ි⎃ිāļą් 1893 āļ¯ී āļ´āˇ… āļšāļģāļą āļ¯ී.
  1. "Ritigala kanda", sessional paper xxx viii Annual report -1893
  2. Archaeological survey of ceylon &plans and platesfor Annual Report-1893,
  3. Ancient Ruins of Ritigala
āļēāļą āˇ€ාāļģ්āļ­ා, āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļ´ි⎅ිāļļāļŗ āļ…āļ°්‍āļēāļēāļąāļēāļšāļ¯ී āļ‰āļ­ා āļ´්‍āļģāļēෝāļĸāļąāˇ€āļ­් ⎀āļą āļ¸ූāļŊා⎁්‍āļģ ⎀ේ.
āļ‘āļ ්.⎃ී.āļ´ී.āļļෙāļŊ් āļ¸āˇ„āļ­ා ⎃ොāļēා āļœāļ­් ⎃ෙāļŊ් āļŊිāļ´ිāļēāļšāļ§ āļ…āļąු⎀ āļš්‍āļģි.āļ´ූ. 119-109 ⎃āļ¯්āļ°ාāļ­ි⎃්⎃ āļģāļĸුāļœේ āļ¯ෙāļ§ු āļ´ුāļ­් āļŊāļĸ්āļĸිāļ­ි⎃්⎃ āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ ⎀ි⎄ාāļģāļēāļš් ⎃ාāļ¯ා āļ‡āļ­ි āļļ⎀ ⎃āļŗāˇ„āļą්⎀āļ‡āļ­ි āļ…āļ­āļģ āļ­āˇ€āļ­් ⎃ෙāļŊ් āļŊිāļ´ිāļēāļš āˇ€āˇ…āļœāļ¸්āļļා āļģāļĸු ⎀ි⎃ිāļą් āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļ…āˇƒāļŊ āļšුāļšුāļģු āļēාāļēāļš් āļšāļģ⎀ා āļˇිāļš්⎂ු ⎁ා⎃āļąāļēāļ§āļ´ූāļĸා āļšāˇ… āļļ⎀ ⎃āļŗāļēāļš් ⎀ේ.
āļ¯ැāļąāļ§ āļ…⎀ුāļģුāļ¯ු 2434āļš් āļ´āļ¸āļĢ (āļš්‍āļģි.āļ´ූ.437) āļ¯āļš්⎀ා āļ´ැ⎄ැāļ¯ිāļŊි āļ…āļ­ීāļ­āļēāļš් āļšāļģා āļ¯ි⎀ෙāļą āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļ…āļ´ේ āļ‰āļ­ි⎄ා⎃āļēේ āļ¸ුāļŊ්āļ¸ āļģාāļĸāļ°ාāļąිāļē ⎀āļą āļ…āļąුāļģාāļ°āļ´ුāļģāļēāļ§āļ­් āļ´ෙāļģ āļ´āļĢ්āļŠුāļšාāļˇāļē āļšුāļ¸āļģුāļœේ ⎃āļ§āļą් āļ¸āļ°්‍āļē⎃්āļŽාāļąāļēāļš්⎀ āļ´ැ⎀āļ­ුāļĢි. āļ”⎄ු ⎃ිāļē āļ¸ාāļ¸ා⎀āļģුāļą් ⎃āļ¸āļŸ āļšāˇ… ⎃āļ§āļąāļ§ āļ¸āļ°්‍āļē⎃්āļŽාāļąāļē āļšāļģ āļœāļ­්āļ­ේ āļ¸ෙāļ¸ āļšāļŗāˇ€ුāļģāļēි. āļ‘āļ¸ෙāļą්āļ¸ āļ¸ීāļ§āļ­් āļ´ෙāļģ ⎀ිāļĸāļē āļšුāļ¸āļģු āļ­āļ¸්āļ¸ැāļą්āļąා⎀ේ ⎃ිāļ§ āļ† āļœāļ¸āļąේāļ¯ී āļ’ āļœāļ¸āļą් āļ¸āļŸ āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļ…āˇƒāļŊිāļą් ⎀ැāļ§ී āļ­ිāļļුāļĢුāļļ⎀ āļ¯ āļšිāļē⎀ේ.
āļ¸āˇ„ා ⎀ං⎁āļēේ ⎃āļŗāˇ„āļą් ⎀āļą āļ´āļģිāļ¯ි āļš්‍āļģි.āļ´ූ.833-835 āļ´āˇ…āļ¸ු ⎀āļą āˇƒේāļą āļģāļĸු āļ´ාං⎁ුāļšූāļŊිāļš āļˇිāļš්⎂ූāļą්āļ§ āļ¸ෙ⎄ි āļ†āļģāļ¸āļēāļš් āļšāļģ⎀ා āļ¯ී āļ‡āļ­ි āļļ⎀ āļ¯āˇƒāļŗāˇ„āļą් ⎀ේ.
āļšෙ⎃ේ ⎀ු⎀ āļ¯āļ¸ෙāļ¸ āļģāļ¸āļĢීāļē āļ´āļģි⎃āļģāļē āļ“āļ­ි⎄ා⎃ිāļš āˇ„ා āļĸāļą āļ´්‍āļģ⎀ාāļ¯ āˇ€āļŊ āļ‘āļą āļ­ොāļģāļ­ුāļģුāļ­් ⎃āļ¸āļŸ āˇƒං⎃āļą්āļ¯āļąāļēෙāļą් āļēුāļ­ු⎀ āļļැāļŊීāļ¸ේāļ¯ී āļ´ෙāļąීāļēāļą්āļąේ ⎄ුāļ¯ෙāļš් ⎃āļ¸ාāļ°ි ⎃ු⎀āļēෙāļą් āļšාāļŊāļē āļœāļ­ āļšāˇ… āļˇිāļš්⎂ුāļą් āļ‹āļ¯ෙ⎃ා āļšāļģ ⎀ූ āļ­ැāļąāļš් āļēāļą්āļąāļē.
āļģාāļ¸-āļģා⎀āļĢ āļēුāļ¯්āļ°āļēේāļ¯ී āļ­ු⎀ාāļŊ āļŊāļ­් āļģාāļ¸āļ§ āļ´්‍āļģāļ­ිāļšාāļģ āļšිāļģීāļ¸ āˇƒāļŗāˇ„ා ⎄āļąුāļ¸ාāļą් ⎀ි⎃ිāļą් āļˇාāļģāļ­ āļ¯ේ⎁āļēේ ⎃ිāļ§ āļ”āˇƒāˇ€ාāļœෙāļą āļ‘āļą āļŊāļ¯ āļļෙ⎄ෙāļ­් āļ´āļģ්⎀āļ­āļēෙāļą් āļšොāļ§āˇƒāļš් āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļ¸āļ­āļ§ āļšāļŠා ⎀ැāļ§ී āļ‡āļ­ැāļēි āļēāļą්āļąāļ¯ āļĸāļą āļ´්‍āļģ⎀ාāļ¯āļēේ āļ‘āļą්āļąāļšි.āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļ´ුāļģා ⎀ි⎃ිāļģී āļ‡āļ­ි āļ‰āļģāļģාāļĸ,⎃āļŗāļģාāļĸ,āļļිං āļšො⎄ොāļš,⎀ැāļąි āļ¯ුāļģ්āļŊāļˇ āļœāļąāļēේ āļļෙ⎄ෙāļ­් āļ´ැ⎅ෑāļ§ි āļ…āļ¯ āļ¸ෙāļ¸ āˇ€āļąāļēේ āļ‡āļ­ි āļļ⎀ ⎃ේ⎀āļēේ āļąිāļēුāļ­ු āļ´ුāļģා ⎀ිāļ¯්‍āļēා āļąි⎅āļ°ාāļģි⎄ු āļ´āˇ€āˇƒāļ­ි.

āļģāļš්⎂ිāļ­ āˇ€āļąāļēāļš් ⎀ීāļ¸

1942 āļ¯ී āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ āļ¯ැāļŠි āļģāļš්⎂ිāļ­āļēāļš් āļŊෙ⎃ āļąāļ¸් āļšෙāļģුāļĢු āļ…āļ­āļģ,āļ‘⎄ි ⎁ාāļš āˇ„ා ⎃āļ­්⎀ ⎀ි⎁ේ⎂ āļģැāļš āļœැāļąීāļ¸ āļšෙ‍āļģෙ⎄ි ⎀ි⎁ේ⎂ āļ…⎀āļ°ාāļąāļēāļēොāļ¸ු ⎀āļą්āļąāļ§ āˇ€ිāļē.āļ´ුāļģා ⎀ිāļ¯්‍āļēාāļ­්āļ¸āļš āļšāļ§āļēුāļ­ු ⎃āļŗāˇ„ා āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ ⎃ංāļģāļš්⎂āļĢāļē āļšිāļģීāļ¸ āļąැ⎀āļ­ āˇ€āļģāļš් āļ†āļģāļ¸්āļˇ āˇ€ූāļēේ,1960āļ¯ී āļ´āļ¸āļĢ āļ†āļ ාāļģ්āļē āļģාāļĸා āļ¯ āˇƒිāļŊ්⎀ා āļ¸āˇ„āļ­ාāļœේ āļ¸ූāļŊිāļšāļ­්⎀āļē āļēāļ§āļ­ේāļē.

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  • ‍āļ“āļ­ි⎄ා⎃ිāļš āļąāļ§āļšුāļą් āļąāļœāļģāļēāļš් āļŊෙ⎃ ⎀ැāļ¯āļœāļ­් ⎀ේ.
  • āļ‹āļ¯්⎄ිāļ¯ āˇ€ිāļ¯්‍āļēාāļ­්āļ¸āļšāˇ€ ⎀ැāļ¯āļœāļ­් ⎀ේ.
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⎀āļģ්⎂ 1980 ⎃ං⎃්āļšෘāļ­ිāļš āļ­්‍āļģිāļšෝāļĢāļēේ āļšāļ§āļēුāļ­ු āļ†āļģāļ¸්āļˇ āˇ€ීāļ¸āļ­් ⎃āļ¸āļŸ,āļŠāļ§ āļ…āļēāļ­් āļ´ෞāļģාāļĢිāļš āˇƒ්āļŽාāļąāļēāļš් ⎀⎁āļēෙāļą් āļģිāļ§ිāļœāļŊ ⎀ැāļ¯āļœāļ­්āļšāļ¸ āļē⎅ිāļ­් ⎀āļģāļš් āļ‰āˇƒ්āļ¸āļ­ු ⎀ූ āļ…āļ­āļģ, āļ´ුāļģා ⎀ිāļ¯්‍āļēා āļ¯ෙāļ´ාāļģ්āļ­āļ¸ේāļą්āļ­ු⎀ āļēāļ§āļ­ේ āļšැāļĢීāļ¸් ⎄ා ⎃ංāļģāļš්⎂āļĢ āļšāļ§āļēුāļ­ු āļ¯ැāļąāļ§ āˇƒිāļ¯ු āļšāļģāļœෙāļą āļēāļąු āļŊැāļļේ.

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Ritigala is located 188 km north-east of Colombo, at Ganewalpola, near Kekirawa/Maradankadawala of north-central plains of Sri Lanka.


Reaching Ritigala Sri Lanka


Ritigala can be reached from the turn-off from Habarana- Anuradhapura Road at a distance of 12km from Habarana. Another 5 km along a graveled yet motorable road leads to the foot of the mountain.

Ritigala Mountain at a height of 766 m above the sea-level is the highest mountain in the north-central dry plains of Sri Lanka. The mountain mass about three miles long and about two miles wide at its widest point is covered with dense jungle inhabited by wild Elephants, leopards and bears. It is the watershed of the Malwatu Oya which feeds the Nachaduwa tank and Kalueba Ela which feeds Huruluwewa. The Ritigala Mountain has been declared a Strict Natural Reserve in order to maintain its pristine environment. Ritigala mountain’s cloud cover and mist that cloth it most of the year round has resulted in a flora much more commonly found at the central hills of wet zone than those in the dry plains: the upper part of the mountain is well known for its flora, some of which are rare; it has also a range of wild orchids.

History of the Ritigala Mountain Sri Lanka


Ritigala is home to 70 rock caves that were believed to had been inhabited since the first century BC. Mahavamsa, the great historical chronicle of Sri Lanka narrates that Ritigala was known by the name of "arittha-pabbata" during the reign of Pandukabhaya (377-307 BC), the third king of Sri Lanka. Since then Ritigala had been, at intervals, a sanctuary for the kings at war against the Dravidian invaders to the island till the 7th century: King Dutugemunu (161-137 BC) and King Jetthatissa in the seventh century.

From the early days of Buddhism, monks had been living in natural caves or rock shelters. Rock inscriptions discovered at Ritigala indicate that gradually, the sanctuary became a monastic retreat for hermit (Pamsukulika) monks. An inscription found at the site records that the Ritigala monastery was founded by King Lanji Tissa (119 - 109 BC) who also dedicated a reservoir to the monastery The monastery complex built with the tradition of Padhanaghara Parivena was endowed by King Sena the first (846-866 AD) for the benefit of Pansukulika monks who practiced extreme austerity. By the 10th-12th century AD however Ritigala seems to have been abandoned by the hermit monks, taken over by the jungle and forgotten by the populace.

It is the ruins of this monastery that King Sena I (846-866 AD) built for the Pansakulika monks that the modern pilgrims see today. The Archaeological Department has sensitively restored many of the ruins.

Rediscovery of Ritigala Sri Lanka


At the end of the tenth century, Ritigala came under the barrage of south Indian invasions. By the 10th-12th century AD Ritigala seems to had been abandoned by the hermit monks and soon it retreated into the jungles and rediscovered in the late 19th century by James Mantell, a government surveyor. A couple of decades later, the first archeological commissioner in Ceylon H.C. P. Bell visited Ritigala and published a report on his archeological investigations.

Ruins of Buddhist Monastery


Entering the site of ruins of the monastery, the visitors come to a huge man-made reservoir with a circumference of 1,200 feet constructed by means of a bund across a valley down which two streams flow from the mountain. The inside is lined with stones meant to protect it and also to serve as steps for bathers. The top of the bund is also paved with large stones. The path to the ruins runs along the southern bank of the reservoir, crosses a bridge, passes a circus and then leads to the first buildings.

A short climb off the foot of the mountain takes the visitors to the ruins at Ritigala that are scattered over an area of about 120 acres. Turning right the visitors come a large rectangular building with a sunken and paved courtyard in its center with pillars around it: the refectory with grindstones and a stone trough. Just near the refectory is a large area enclosed by a wall which like most of the structures at Ritigala is made of huge finely cut and dressed slabs of stone. Within this area are two pairs of double platforms with stones fitted together hard and fast.

On the northern end of the enclosure wall is a path that leads down to a ravine then to a river where there is a stone bridge and a bathing enclosure. Returning to near the north-west corner of the enclosed area, the visitor finds a path leading westward through very thick forest. This paved path runs for about 1000 feet and has several flights of stairs interspersed by two roundabouts. The first of these roundabouts, roughly halfway along the path, is the largest, while the second smaller one is towards the end of the path. A little before the first roundabout a path leads off to the left to an impressive stone bridge, several double platforms and caves.

The double platforms are made out of huge slabs of beautifully cut stone and always occur in pairs, joined by a bridge. They are usually built on natural rock foundations and are always aligned in the same direction. Near the platforms are found urinal stones some of which are elaborate carved. In fact, the urinal stone is the only feature in Pansakulika monasteries with any decorations on them at all.

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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Hanthana Mountain Range



The Hanthana Mountain Range lies in central Sri Lanka, south-west of the city of Kandy. It was declared as an environmental protection area in February 2010 under the National Environment Act. The maximus height of the range is 3800 ft. The mountain range consists of seven peaks. The highest one being the Uura Kanda. The range is a favourite destination among the mountain hikers in Sri Lanka. University of Peradeniya is situated adjacent to the Hanthana mountain range.

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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Sri Pada (Adam's peak)


The most famous physical feature of Ceylon is Adam's Peak, which is situated in the Ratnapura district. Adam’s peak is surrounded by several mountains. It is about 750 feats in its height. It is the second highest peak in Sri Lanka. Major four rivers (Mahaveli,Kelani,Kalu & walawe) are started from top of the peak. Great foot print of the Load Buddha is in the top of the peak. That is the most important thing in the peak. People climb the peak because of the great foot print. Because the Great foot print is sacred to all the Buddhists. As Buddhist we believe that all people that climb the mountain are blessed.

Access to the mountain is possible by 6 trails (Ratnapura-Palabaddala, Hatton-Nallathanni, Kuruwita-Erathna, Murraywatte, Mookuwatte & Malimboda). Out of these the Nallathanni & Palabaddala routes are the most popular. Kuruwita-Erathna road is somewhat popular as well. The other 3 roads are almost obscure. It joins the Palabaddala road midway through the ascent. Buses connect the final nodes of Nallanthanni to Hatton, Palabaddala to Ratnapura & Erathna to Kuruwita. Thereafter it's a difficult journey through the forest on foot. Most of the pilgrims use Hatton route as the journey on foot can be reduced by more than five kilometers even though the slope of this route is much greater than other routes.

Sunrise to Sri Lanka

The Summit 


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