MAHIYANGANAYA

Name MAHIYANGANAYA
Latitude Longitude 7.3316° N, 81.0037° E
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District Badulla
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Id 63
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Created 1/10/21, 12:50 AM

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-the old city of “Yakka” (devils) tribes-

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<p>Mahiyanganaya is located on the bank of the Mahaweli River, 224 km northeast of Colombo. The Mahiyangana and the large surrounding area have called “Bintenna” according to the Sinhala language because the word Mahiyangana is a Pali word. Bintenna literally means flat land. Actually, the area is relatively flat after the steep drop of the central hills. Due to the home of the “Veddha” clan and the first visit of the Lord Buddha, Mahiyanganaya has known to the world.&nbsp;<br></p>

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351 63 12 Mahiyangana temple Mahiyangana temple <ul>Lord Buddha has visited Mahiyanganaya nine months after his Enlightenment on a Duruthu full moon poya day as the first visit to Sri Lanka. He visited the country to settle the dispute between Yakka and Naga tribes who inhabited this area. The Yakka leader of the area named Sumana Saman (later become the god Sumana Saman) and his followers listen to the preaching of the Buddha and become the follower of Buddhism.</br> <br>As per the request of the people Buddha has given a handful of hair from his head to worship. Sumana Saman placed those in a golden casket and built the Mahiyangana stupa by deposited them. The original stupa was reconstructed over it 7 times.</ul> 1 B.jpg 5/5/20, 6:08 AM View Edit
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352 63 41 Dambana, Vedda's native village Dambana, Vedda's native village <ul>Dambana a jungle area has located16 km east of Mahiyanganaya. The Sri Lankan native hunter-gathering people, the Veddas, are living there. However, they were unable to live with their traditional hunting life due to resettlement projects, development of the area, and civilization influences. More or less they were absorbed into mainstream society and mainly cultivating fields. But all of them are protecting their cultural identity, retained their own religion, a kind of spirit cult, wearing their traditional weapons of axe, bow, and arrow, and performing their traditional rituals.</ul> 1 B.jpg 5/5/20, 6:15 AM View Edit
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353 63 7 Sorabora Wewa Sorabora Wewa <ul>The ancient “sea of Bintenna” now known as Sorabora Wewa was a unique ancient reservoir built in the 1st century BC during King Dutugemunu’s period. It is said that this reservoir was built by the giant in the area called “Bulatha” and his men. Sorabora Wewa containing a 485-meter embankment. But it does not have the structure called “Bisokotuwa’’ that all the other reservoirs have to protect the embankment from erosion and maintain the water pressure from inside the tank to the sluice gate (“Sorowwa”). The 2 gigantic natural rock closing each other was utilized as the structure of Bisokotuwa to control the outward water flow.</ul> 1 SORABORA---B.jpg 5/5/20, 6:17 AM View Edit
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354 63 20 Rathna Ella Rathna Ella <ul>The Rathna Ella, the highest waterfall in the Kandy region and 9th highest in Sri Lanka is located in the Gurulupota area of Hasalaka 11 km northwest of Mahiyanganaya. The Hasalaka Oya has created this 111m height waterfall.</ul> 1 b.jpg 5/5/20, 6:19 AM View Edit
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355 63 25 Yahangala Yahangala <ul>Yahangala is located in the Kalugala area 60 km northeast of Mahiyanganaya. This mountain has a unique shape of the bed. It is believed that King Ravana was laid here to rest after he lost the battle to King Rama. People in the area believe that the king’s body is hidden on the left side of Yahangala and he will sleep until wakes up again. The hike to Yahangala is somewhat difficult but the 360-degree view at the top is amazing.</ul> 1 YAHANGALA---B.jpg 5/5/20, 6:23 AM View Edit
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45 63 <ul>The road that links central parts of the country to the eastern parts are called 18-hairpin bends road or popularly known as “Daha Ata Wanguwa” road. This 108 km long, A-26 road from Kandy to Padiyatalawa through Digana, Teldeniya, Medamahanuwara, Hunnasgiriya, Udadumbara Passara, and Mahiyanaganaya has been considered the most beautiful and most difficult motorway in the country. The 55 km is the starting point of the zigzag 18-hairpin bends. The height of that point is 662 m above sea level where a large viewing platform for visitors. The travellers who travel on this road do not forget to brief stopover at the long and winding road and enjoy the picturesque view capture it forever.</ul> 5/5/20, 6:03 AM View Edit
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