Double bridge and the highway to Badulla - A4 - Sri Lanka.

 Two bridges the old and the new on the widened Badulla road past Belihul Oya on the A4 highway.

Scenery on the Koslanda - Beragala road, Sri Lanka.

Looking down into the valley through which the Udawalawe river runs.

The 'Galkandha waterfalls' straddling the main road. This is the section below the highway.

Diyaluma waterfalls, Koslanda, Sri Lanka.

During heavy rains in the upper reaches of this river the water falls onto the road. In 1966 I have been held up for nearly 30 minutes on this road by this phenomenon when stones, drift wood and a cascade of muddy water falls on the road below.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJkvDe2ZQiU

Monkey and a fire-place, Car park, Yudaganaawa, Sri Lanka.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_fcKuHUTEo

'Yudaganaawa' , Butthala, Sri Lanka.

The unfinished Dagoba and the statue of Lord Buddha showing a 'frowning face'.

This Dagoba at Yudaganawa started in the 2nd Century BC would have been larger than the 'Ruwanvelisaaya' of Anuradhapura. It was never completed. The building in front of the Dagoba houses a statue of Lord Buddha showing 'a frowning face', according to a Buddhist monk I met at the site. This place was the site of a famous battle field mentioned in the 'Rajavaliya'.

‘Being angry at these words spoken by his royal father, the Prince(Gamini) fled to Gilimale, and having hid himself there for several days went to Kotmale’.

          ‘Kavantissa reigned 60 years from his coronation and passed {at death} to Tusitapura. On the demise of the King, Prince Tissa came, put his royal father in his coffin and repaired to Digamadulla, taking with him the Kadol elephant and his mother Vihara Mahadevi. Prince Gemunu having heard of his father’s death, left  Kotmale and returned to the city of Magama. Whilst there, he wrote to Prince Tissa asking him to send their mother and the Kadol elephant which was born on the same day as himself; but Tissa sent them not. The request was repeated three times; but still he did not send them. Prince Gemunu then set out to fight, taking his forces, and the two brothers joined battle in Yudaganapitiya. Of his army 30,000 men having fallen, Dutugemunu was defeated in the battle and fled, and Tissa persued after him; but when he saw that the great community of monks had come and barred his way, he returned to Digamadulla.’ A translation from the Sri Lankan Chronicle ‘RAJAVALIYA’ – (The line of Kings).

On a second single man combat Tissue was defeated and was pursued by Gamini. Tissue sought refuge at a Vihare – identified as ‘Demetamal Vihara’ close to Butthala.


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WJl3Sq_aew