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Badulla: Ancient Subkingdom of Kandyan Kingdom Explore the historic roots of Badulla, an ancient subkingdom of the Kandyan Kingdom, honored by the visit of Gautama Buddha.

Kataragama Devalaya Origins: 17th Century Flourishing Discover the mysterious beginnings of Kataragama Devalaya in Badulla, flourishing since the 17th century.

Legendary King Kumarasinhe's Triumph Uncover the legend of King Kumarasinhe, who bravely defeated a large Portuguese army invading Badulla, with the final battle at Randeniyawela.

Portuguese Invasion (1630): City Ransacked Experience the historical event when the Portuguese army, led by Constantine de Saa, entered Badulla in 1630, ransacking the city, especially the revered Kataragama Devalaya.

Reconstruction by King Rajasinghe II (1635 – 1687) Witness the reconstruction of Kataragama Devale by King Rajasinghe II, following Kandyan traditions, featuring elegantly carved timber columns and exquisite wood carvings in Sihasanaya Mandapaya.

Embellishments and Traditions: Aesthetic Delights Delight in the intricacies of Devale's roof supported by carved columns and the exquisite carvings of Sihasanaya Mandapaya, reminiscent of Embekke Devalaya.

🌾 Battle of Randeniwela: First Portuguese Defeat Stand where history unfolded at Randeniyawela, the paddy field witnessing the first defeat of the Portuguese, now eternally known as the Battle of Randeniwela.

Map Directions: Relive History Follow the map to experience the rich history of Badulla and the sacred Kataragama Devalaya, a journey through time and legend.

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Badulla is ancient subkingdom of Kandyan Kingdom and also one of the few places to be honored by visit of Gautama Buddha. The beginning of the Kataragama Devalaya at Badulla is unknown but has been flourishing during the 17th century. King Kumarasinghe is one of the legends of this kingdom who destroyed a large Portuguese army who invaded the Badulla under the leadership of Constantine de Saa. The final battle occurring at a paddy field called Randeniyawela was one of the first defeat of Portuguese and not known as Battle of Randeniwela.

The Portuguese army under Constantine de Saa entered Badulla towards end of August (the exact day is uncertain) in 1630, is reported to have ransacked and touched the entire city, particularly the Badulla Kataragama Devalaya and had destroyed over 2000 measures of rice in the stalk’ and all the cattle he could find in the countryside.

The Kataragama Devale at Badulla was again re constructed again by King Rajasinghe II of Kandyan Kingdom (1635 – 1687) based on the Kanyan Traditions. The Devale roof is supported on elegantly carved timber columns with lotus bracket-capitals. The wood carvings of Sihasanaya Mandapaya building at the front of the Devale is as exquisite at carvings of Embekke Devalaya. This building is thought to have been the platform from which the King ( Rajasinghe II) viewed the...

17 වන සියවසේ මහනුවර යුගයේ රජකම් කල පළමුවන විමලධර්ම සූරිය රජ විසින් බදුල්ල නගර මධ්‍යයෙහි බදුල්ල කතරගම දේවාලය දේවාලය ඉදිකරනු ලැබූ බව පැවසෙයි.රජුගේ ප්‍රාර්ථනය අනූව පෘතුග්‍රීසින් පළවා හැර එම ප්‍රාර්ථනාවට අදාලව මෙම දේවාලය ඉදි කොට තිබේ. උස් වූ කඳුවැටියක් මත ඉදි කරනු ලැබූ දෙවාලයේ නඩත්තු කටයුතු සඳහා අක්කර 5000ක පමණ ඉඩකඩම්ද, ආවතේවකරුවන්ද, ඔවුන්ගේ නඩත්තුව සඳහා නින්දගම්ද රජු විසින් එකල ලබා දුන් බව පැවසෙයි.

විනාශයට පත්වීම කෙසේ නමුත් පසුව පෘතුග්‍රීසින් විසින් මෙම දෙවොල විනාශ කර දැමූ බවත් දෙවන රාජසිංහ රජ (1635 – 1687) විසින් නැවතත් එය ප්‍රථිසංස්කරණය කෙරූ බවත් අතීත මූලාශ්‍රයන්ගේ සඳහන් වේ.

සිංහාසන කුටිය දේවාලය ඉදිරිපිට ඊට මුහුණලා රජුගේ සිංහාසන කුටිය තනවා තිබේ. දේවාලය තුලින් නැගෙන පහන් එළිය ඍජුවම සිංහාසනය වෙත දිස්වීම සදහාත් දේවාලයේ පෙරහැර දැකගැනීම සදහාත් එම අයුරින් සිංහාසනය ඉදිකරනු ලැබූ බව කියැවෙයි.

It is said that King Kataragama Devalaya in Badulla was built by King Wimaladharma Suriya I, who ruled the Kandyan period in the 17th century. According to Raju's wishes, the Portuguese chased away the Portuguese. It is said that the king had given around 5000 acres of land, servants and nindagam to the maintenance of the temple which was built on a high mountain.

To be destroyed However, ancient sources say that the temple was later destroyed by the Portuguese and was restored by King Rajasingha II (1635 - 1687).

The throne chamber The king's throne has been erected in front of the shrine. It is said that the throne was constructed in such a way that the lamp light from the Devalaya was visible directly to the throne and for the procession of...