About Kegalle
Kegalle is a large town in Sri Lanka. It is located on the Colombo–Kandy road, approximately 78 km (48 mi) from Colombo and 40 km (25 mi) from Kandy. It is the main town in the Kegalle District.Cradled between the central highlands and western southern planes, District of Kegalle is mid-way between age old tradition and new enterprise.
Once home to many up country aristocrats, regional leaders and freedom fighters, the district today boasts of a rich rubber and spice cultivation, island’s oldest and biggest graphite mine, a booming clay industry and world’s only elephant orphanage.
From History
The great cities are the foot prints of our forefathers. So is of the city of Kegalle, the city is lying with another great history of Sri Lanka.Therewith the Kegalle District remarks on its great history dated back to the stone age of Sri Lanka.It is an assortment of proven evidences of the present day city formation. According to those evidences there had been a prosperous civilization in Kegalle prior to 28000 years.The caves of Beli lena, Dorawaka lena, Alu lena, Asmadala, Padavigampola, Batalegala, Lenagala, Ambala Kanda, Halamada, Heenatipana, Uthuwankanda, Beligala,Salawa, Yahalena,Salgala and Kela Dambulla endow with the evidences for that.
According to the archaeology of the Kegalle District,it has been a region in Maya Rata of the three divisions of Sri Lanka. Further it is noticeable by the latter half of the Sinhalese kingdom and also by the ruling period of the British. Those days Kegalle had been divided into three parts; named as “Satara Koralaya”,” Thun Koralaya” and “Patha Bulathgama”.
The topographical portrayal
The geography of Kegalle is mainly mountainous and plainly. Further these features resemble the features of the transitional slopes between the high land and of the central hills. Therefore the geography in Kegalle has become assorted. The height of Kegalle from the sea level varies from 50m to 1800m.In general the Western part of Kegalle has rivers and valleys, whereas the East part of Kegalle contains of Mountainous areas. The divisional secretariats of Kegalle, Rambukkana, Warakapola, Ruwanwella, and Dehiowita belong to the low land areas of Kegalle District and Mawanella and Aranayaka belong to the hilly part of Kegalle. The highest place of Kegalle is located at Pallebadigala in the Daraniyagala Divisional secretariat division of the North –South part of Kegalle District.
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