Dewalapola is a small rural area in
Minuwangoda
Minuwangoda ( si, මිනුවන්ගොඩ, ta, மினுவந்கொட) is a town in Gampaha district, governed by an List of municipalities in Sri Lanka, Urban Council, situated near Negombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka, Western ...
Divisional Secretariate of
Gampaha
Gampaha (Sinhala: ගම්පහ ; Tamil: கம்பஹா ) is an urban city in Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is situated to the north-east of the capital Colombo. It is the sixth largest urban area in Western Province, ...
District,
Western Province, Sri Lanka
The Western Province ( si, බස්නාහිර පළාත ''Basnāhira Paḷāta''; ta, மேல் மாகாணம் ''Mael Mākāṇam'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the c ...
. It is situated on the 245/1 Nittambuwa - Katunayake / Airport bus route between Veyangoda and Minuwangoda.
The major landuses in the area are rubber, coconut, MHG, rice and pineapples. Dewalapola is the home of Sri Sudarshanarama Purana Viharaya, Minu / Ananda Maha Vidyalaya (AMV), a public library, a post office and an Ayurvedic Center of ''the Department Of Ayurveda'', ''Ministry Of Indigenous Medicine''.
Etymology
The name ''Dewalapola'' is a compound formed of ''Dewele'' (of two times) and ''Pola'' (place) which means ''a place that used twice (a day)''. Accordance with the historical scripts found in Sri Lanka, for example ''
Mahawamsa'' and ''Rajavaliya'', ''Udugampola Rajadhaniya'' (the Kingdom of Udugampola) was being ruled by King
Sakalakala Wallabha
Sakalakala Wallabha, was the viceroy or provincial king of the sub kingdom of Udugampola in the Kotte Kingdom during the sixteenth century. He was the son of King Veera Parakramabahu VIII of Kotte and his chief queen's sister. His brother, Thani ...
when his elder half brother, Buwanakabahu, owned the throne under the name of
Dharma Parakramabahu IX(1508 AD - 1528 AD) of the
Kingdom of Kotte
The Kingdom of Kotte ( si, කෝට්ටේ රාජධානිය, Kottay Rajadhaniya), named after its capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Kotte, was a Sinhala kingdom, Sinhalese kingdom that flourished in Sri Lanka during the 15th cent ...
succeeding his father King Veera Parakramabahu.
King Sakalakala Wallabha with one of his Raja Shilpis, named ''Balasuriya Kankanama'', the devoted superintendent of irrigation of the kingdom, used to take rest for refreshments at Dewalapola twice a day on his way to and from the construction site of
Mabodale
Mabodale ( si, මාබෝදලේ, ta, மபோடலே) is a village in Gampaha District of Sri Lanka. It is situated approximately from the Gampaha, from the Negombo and also in close proximity to suburban areas of Divulapitiya, Minuwan ...
wewa.
Demographic
Population by Age
External links
- Elevation of Dewalapola** Source; The Electoral Registry ->
Gampaha Electoral District
Gampaha electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Gampaha in the Western province. The distri ...
/ E - Minuwangoda / 17 - Dewalapola.
See also
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Mahawamsa
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Kingdom of Kotte
The Kingdom of Kotte ( si, කෝට්ටේ රාජධානිය, Kottay Rajadhaniya), named after its capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Kotte, was a Sinhala kingdom, Sinhalese kingdom that flourished in Sri Lanka during the 15th cent ...
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Udugampola
Udugampola is a small town in the Gampaha District of Sri Lanka and was a sub kingdom during reign of the King Sakala Kala Wallabha of Kotte Era. The main point in the area is around the intersection of Gampaha-Minuwangoda and Kotugoda-Naiwala roa ...
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Mabodale
Mabodale ( si, මාබෝදලේ, ta, மபோடலே) is a village in Gampaha District of Sri Lanka. It is situated approximately from the Gampaha, from the Negombo and also in close proximity to suburban areas of Divulapitiya, Minuwan ...
References
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Populated places in Gampaha District
Grama Niladhari divisions of Sri Lanka