In the Athwelthota Waterfall Cluster, the Mohini Ella holds a mysterious reputation that ingratiate the fear and cautiousness amongst the local population. With legends and rumors revolving around the inhuman lurking and beliefs, the waterfall named after a mythical character named Mohini. The Mohini Ella and its related areas can not easily dissuaded from this feared reputation hence the locals are reluctant in venturing too much closed to the waterfall. As the relative untouched waterfall, the environment and bio-diversity of the area is thriving exponentially, while making the scenery a picturesque beauty. The bio-diversity is highly dense in the area susceptible to changes with too much explorations. However this waterfall is most enchanting in its mystery and it is not advisable to camping in the area.
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Nachchimale is the most famous area of Ingiriya. The Nachchimale port is a part of the Nambapana lake. Beautiful waterfalls, stone holes filled with clear water are a common scene. Numbers of foreigners and many local visitors come to visit Nachchimale to bathe and have fun during holidays
Ancient geographical milestones ate the most veritable sources of historical knowledge and wonders of Sri Lanka. Amongst such milestones, the Maniyagama Rajamaha Viharaya holds an immeasurable amount of artistic, architectural, historical and geographical value. In the historical folklore the Maniyagama was a linking junction of ancient Anuradhapura Kingdom and the Western region of Sri Lanka, and even the geographical deposition aside, the Maniyagama Rajamaha Viharaya itself is the most significant in its inception by King Valagamba and the later years the renovation by King Keerthi Sri Rajasinghe. Historically it played a pivotal role in not just as slinking road junction, but also as a strategic military stronghold, proven by the role this destination played in the battles between Seethawaka and Kotte Kingdoms as well as the Kingdoms resistance against Portuguese. Above all these historical values, the natural and Environmental features of the destination had added breathtaking attraction via curved roads, forest ceilings, outside and out of reach from unending urbanization, thus maintaining the nature value bestowed on the land to great extent. The architectural designs only added more prominent features to the land giving the mysterious quality people seek in a destination that has been a central point of many wars in the past. The Kandyan style roofing, long verandas, granite pillars, the makara thorana, the mural arts, ceiling, walls and shrine arts given the place exterior ambience that suitable for the destination.
