Ella (; ''Lit.'' "water fall"; ta, எல்ல) is a small town in the

Badulla District Badulla District ( si, බදුල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කය ''badūlla distrikkaya''; ta, பதுளை மாவட்டம் ''Patuḷai māvaṭṭam'') is a district in Uva Province, Sri Lanka. The entire land area o ...

Uva Province Uva Province ( si, ඌව පළාත, Uva Paḷāta, ta, ஊவா மாகாணம், Uvā Mākāṇam) is Sri Lanka's second least populated Provinces of Sri Lanka, province, with 1,259,880 people, created in 1896. It consists of two dis ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

governed by an

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. It is approximately east of

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

and is situated at an elevation of above sea level. The area has a rich bio-diversity, dense with numerous varieties of flora and fauna. Ella is surrounded by hills covered with

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s and

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plantations. The town has a cooler climate than surrounding lowlands, due to its elevation. The Ella Gap allows views across the southern plains of Sri Lanka.

Transport

Road

Located on the

Badulla Badulla ( si, බදුල්ල, ta, பதுளை) is the capital and the largest city of Uva Province situated in the lower central hills of Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of Uva Province and the Badulla District. Geography Badulla is ...

railway line, and the A16 highway ( Beragala-Hali Ela) a part of the

road.

Rail

Ella railway station is the 75th station on the

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and is located from

. The station has one platform and all trains running on the Main Line stop at the station. The station opened in July 1918.

Facilities

Notable government institutions are : * Police station * Railway station * Main post office

Attractions

SL Ella asv2020-01 img22 View from Little Adams Peak

* Dhowa temple, a 2,000-year-old rock temple, is located on the Badulla-Bandarawela Road. It contains a unfinished

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statue carved into the surrounding rock. * Bambaragala Peak * Ella Rock, a lookout point * Little Adam's Peak, a pyramidal-shaped hill, located to the south-east of the town. Named after the larger

Adam's Peak Adam's Peak is a tall conical mountain located in central Sri Lanka. It is well known for the Sri Pada ( si, ශ්‍රී පාද), i.e., "sacred footprint", a rock formation near the summit, which in Buddhist tradition is held to be ...

. * Ravana Ella Falls, a waterfall, located approximately away from the town *

Nine Arches Bridge, Demodara The Nine Arches Bridge ( si, ආරුක්කු නමයේ පාලම,) also called the Bridge in the Sky, is a viaduct bridge in Sri Lanka. It is one of the best examples of colonial-era railway construction in the country. It is loca ...

Diyaluma Falls Diyaluma Falls is high and the second highest waterfall in Sri Lanka and 619th highest waterfall in the world. It is situated away from Koslanda in Badulla District on Colombo-Badulla highway. The falls are formed by Punagala Oya, a tributary of ...

, a waterfall * Yahalamadiththa temple * Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery * Ravana cave
Nildiya pokuna

Demographics

References

External links

{{Commons category Towns in Badulla District