This
fall is situated in the border of the Sinharaja Forest with 17m heights,
which is fed by the Hariyawa brook. This brook had been dammed at the
point where its both, right and left braches meet. A hydropower station
is located below. The name of the fall is steeped in history. Folklore
narrates that during the rein of King Walagamba, a Brahimin had stolen
a golden melon, intended to be enshrined in the Batuwangala. The King
sent his army to apprehend him, but thwarted while fleeing he slipped
down the fall to his death. Another says that a Brahmin from India bent
on acquiring a golden melon from a place called Puhulegama married eldest
daughter. According to from a family he sacrificed their first a ritual
and obtained the golden melon a youth named Mugunanal showed the Brahimn
the escape route. But when crossing the waterfall, he was pushed down
to his death.
Location of the Water Falls is
Kollomtotuawa, Hiniduma
Electorate Galle District. The fall could be accessed either from Deniyaya
or Galle District Neluwa Area. Travel for 1.2km in the Pellawatte Road,
and then along the Mawita- Kosmulla Road to where the fall is situated.
The fall borders the Kollomthotuwa Road. Only tracked vehicles can travel
along the route.
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- Photographer
: Jagath Gunawardena
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more details please contact :
Lanka
Council On Waterfalls, PO BOX 26, 434/3
- Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka.
email
: waterfalls@sltnet.lk
/ phone: +94 (0)11 5648151/+94 (0)71 2733986
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