Visited this place last year....was one of those spur of the moment decision, where the road map was taken out...a few moments of hhhmmm...what now, and off on the road.
This was about 2 hours drive from my place, about 3 from Colombo =D... passed Chilaw town - check the road map for a place called Hettipola where you need to turn off - you may need some help from the locals as well.
And the best part is that I never knew all this existed so closed to home!
There isn't much to see, but it is apart of our heritage and worth the trip....the ruins have not been preserved well, and you need to walk around the site to see every nook and corner of the place, otherwise you'll miss out on the perishing stupa's and the rampart is worth the walk around.
Panduwasnuwara is an ancient city in the Kurunegala area which functioned as the capital of Sri Lanka for a very brief period. King Parakramabahu set up his temporary capital in this city during the 12th century
the legend behind panduwasnuwara is equally magical... it was here that the King Panduvasadeva imprisoned his consort Chitta, who was supposed to be the hottest women alive at the time...
ReplyDeleteand P-diddy was superstitious, beleiving what his sorcerers told him of how any son born of Chitta will be the death of him and all his brothers. fearing his life, the King imprsoned Chitta here, hoping that no man will ever lay with her. but a Prince by the name of Deegha Gamini had other ideas. and found a way in having bribed the sentry.
one night of sin and nine months later, King Pandukabhaya was born, and despite the King's greatest efforts, rose up to slaughter all ten of his uncles and claim the throne!
only in sri lanka!!