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Pettagan Kanda

Pettagan Kanda

Pettagangala is one of the most spectacular logans of the island at this temple not far from Varana. It is part of the cluster of ancient monasteries known as Siyane Korales, located the the south and west of Yakkala, which is at the Colombo-Kandy main road (A1). Pettagangala is one of the many cave temples in the vicinity of the highlands that claims to have been a hideout of the famous King Walagamba, known as Vatthagamani Abhaya from the chronicles, who had to flee from Anuradhapura due to a Tamil invasion

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