Devalegama is a small town in

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located on the A19 highway running from

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. The phrase 'Devalegama' means 'The village of the shrine'. The townspeople believe that this name originates from the fact that there is an ancient shrine dedicated to one of the local deities in the vicinity of the town.

Geography

The area is surrounded by low hills that have been mostly transformed into

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. The tallest peak of these is known as ''navugala'', which has a

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of the

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. Among the hills there is a series of long interconnected

alluvial Alluvium (from Latin ''alluvius'', from ''alluere'' 'to wash against') is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings. Alluv ...

-plains that are used for

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. There is a small perennial stream that originates from the hills on the south of the town and flows across the center towards north to join the large river known as Ma Oya.

Expressway

Devalegama will be one of the important points along the new expressway planned to link

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city with the capital

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Highlights

Venerable

Katukurunde Nanananda Thera Most Ven. Kaṭukurunde Ñāṇananda Maha Thera (10 July 1940 – 22 February 2018) (sometimes spelled Nyanananda or Nanananda in English, sometimes called Gnanananda in Sinhala, Sinhalese: අති පූජ්‍ය කටුකුර� ...

, the former Dhamma teacher of

Nissarana Vanaya Nissarana Vanaya ( Sinhala: නිස්සරණ වනය) is a renowned meditation monastery in Sri Lanka. It is located in Mitirigala in the Western province close to the town of Kirindiwela. History Meetirigala Nissarana Vanaya is a monas ...

and author of ''Concept and Reality'', ''The Magic of the Mind'' etc. resided in the Pothgulgala Aranya in Devalegama. Populated places in Sri Lanka {{SabaragamuwaLK-geo-stub