Nurtured by the history and the legends of the nearby locals, the Dambora Ella is located in Hanwella, Avissawella. With its published height of 10 meters and due to difficulty in reaching the top and thus the actual measurements would have reached 15 to 20 meters, the Dambora Ella is one of the beautiful sites housed in Avissawella. With the relatively large bottom pond area, the Dambora Ella has Labugama Reservoir as its nurturing ground, thus have rather peculiar bio-diversity hidden inside the area.
The Arcade Independence Square is a shopping complex in the city of Colombo in Sri Lanka, housed in a group of renovated buildings including the former Jawatta Lunatic Asylum (later known as the Auditor General's building) and the former Western Provincial Council Building. It was built as a part of the Independence Square Redevelopment programme initiated by the Sri Lankan Government. The building was constructed in 1889 at a cost of Rs 450,000. In 2012, the Urban Development Authority commenced the renovation of the buildings and special care was taken to preserve their original architectural features whilst adding modern technological features and amenitie
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In the suburb of Kaluthara, nestled in the middle of Athwelthota lays another breathtakingly beautiful waterfall away from the prying eyes of humanity. The Waterfall named Diganna Ella, is shrouded in many different folklores and beliefs and rites and rituals of cultures of local community with deeply embedded yet justifiable cautiousness towards the waterfall. The waterfall also named as Mannawatta Ella relating to the mystery that the local population holes in their beliefs. Not having a proper road may be a hindrance to visit this marvelous destination as it also posed a reason to its lower popularity yet at the same time have its beautiful attraction preserved and we’ll developed. Apart from the cascading stream of pure water, the area houses many endemic species including birds, insects, amphibians and even butterflies which are native to Sri Lankan Biosphere. Thus this waterfall area can be referred as a mini sanctuary of suburb of Kaluthara District.
