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  Mahaweli Maha Seya   The work of recommencement of the Kotmale Seya (Mahaweli Maha Seya) took place on May 8. Nestling in the picturesque Kotmale valley, the majestic, gigantic 100 feet dome structure adds considerable colour to this scenic atmosphere. Tourists, as well as pilgrims, flock to Kotmale Maha Seya premises, where a sapling of Sri Maha Bodhi was ceremonially planted recently. Have seen are panoramic sight it will be when the bubble shaped dagoba. (bubbulakaru stupa) rises to another 174 feet to caress the heavenly sky. The Mahaweli Maha Seya will be a landmark structure of epic scale sited on an escarpment overlooking the Kotmale Reservoir, now known as Gamini Dissanayake Reservoir. This will be the biggest and the Largest Stupa to be constructed after 2350 years in Sri Lanka.

Pusulpitiya Raja Maha Viharaya Pusulpitiya Raja Maha Viharaya is an ancient temple of historical value located in the village of Pusulpitiya in the Kotmale Nawangama Grama Niladhari Division in the Nuwara Eliya District of the Central Province of Sri Lanka.  Legend has it that during the reign of King Elara, Prince Dutugemunu spent his youth in Anuradhapura.  According to legends, a Brahmin from Dambadiva, according to a description in a treasure trove, got to know about a gold nugget placed in a rock in the Nainkelina port near the Kotmale Oya and married a son from the same area in order to obtain it.  When the time came, the Brahmin, who had sacrificed his son and obtained the golden pot, fled to a nearby field to soothe his tiredness, and had gone to a nearby stream to drink.  It is said that when the Brahmin who drank the water returned, he was overwhelmed with grief and madness when he saw that the rock had broken and the gold had sunk into it.  Legend has...

              🙏KADADORA VIHARAYA🙏                                         Kadadora Viharaya is a temple that was submerged during the construction of the Kotmale Reservoir.  When the reservoir dries up, you can see the Buddha statue, the flower seat, several deities and the ruins of the Dragon Pantheon at the entrance to the temple.          It is said that the Kadmala and the surrounding area were flooded in the past due to the overflowing of the Kotmala Oya during the rainy season.  The need to build a dam in the area had been identified since 1950 as a precautionary measure against the floods, and work began on the Kotmale Reservoir in the area in 1979 and opened in 1985 as part of the accelerated Mahaweli development program that began on February 28, 1970.   Fifty-seven villages and 54 temples at the fo...