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Trip Reports Archive » Trips Filed Under Okanda Devalaya

Today's Most Viewed

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 26 views
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  3. Sinhagala Nature Trail – Sinharaja Rain Forest 18 views
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  5. Camping at Gawarawila plains 11 views
  6. Camping on Kabaragala Mountain (1506m)-The highest of Dolosbage Range 11 views
  7. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 10 views
  8. Trip to GalOya National Park from Nilgala 9 views
  9. Galpadihela Mountain (1106m) and Galpadipela 9 views
  10. Seven Falls ( Eli Hatha ) And Six Wonderers 8 views

This Week's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 104 views
  2. Dreams Do Come True, Maragala-kanda (1111m) The Paradise Of Monaragala 51 views
  3. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 48 views
  4. Days at Chilaw 45 views
  5. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 41 views
  6. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 37 views
  7. Waterfalls of Colombo District 36 views
  8. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 34 views
  9. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 31 views
  10. Scenic Peacock Hills (1518m) + Kadiyanlena & Galboda Waterfalls 30 views

This Month's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 395 views
  2. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 240 views
  3. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 224 views
  4. Bulathkohupitiya-Narangala Hike (880m) 156 views
  5. Misty point-Ambokka (1159m) and Selagama Mini world’s end 152 views
  6. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 152 views
  7. Dreams Do Come True, Maragala-kanda (1111m) The Paradise Of Monaragala 137 views
  8. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 136 views
  9. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 134 views
  10. Back to Yahangala (1220m) 123 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,157 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 31,919 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,032 views
  4. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 26,739 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 25,538 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,552 views
  7. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 18,918 views
  8. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 18,879 views
  9. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 18,127 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,346 views

Journey to Kebiliththa Dewalaya

Kebiliththa / Maha Siyambalawa Dewalaya is one of the sacred place of Katharagama Dewiyo situated in Yala forest.

Visit to Okanda and Kudumbigala Monastery

Okanda is a small hamlet on the eastern coast of Sri Lanka at the official entrance to the Kumana National Park. Just before the ticketing office of Kumana a small lane toward the sea will take you the Okanda Devalaya on a rocky outcrop on the beach.

Kudumbigala monastic complex was built in 246 BC, during the time of King Devanampiyatissa. It was first established as a refuge for the Buddhist monks who wanted to get away from the busy Cities. Archaeologists had recovered over 200 rock caves belonging to this forgotten monastery.

Pada Yathra 2016…..Different Experience

Pada Yathra is an annual walk of devotees from Jaffna to Katharagama to worship God Kataragama. Majority of devotees walk from Okanda through Kumana and Yala National Parks. This is my experience of a volunteer medical camp to help devotees at Yala NP.

The Long-Awaited Breakthrough at Kumana National Park – Pictorial Story 2…

I hope you liked the new version of report which I’ve introduced which sort of told you the story of our wildlife, especially the plight of them in Wilpattu thanks to a Government Minister who’d taken the law into his hands destroying many acres of precious lands belonging to the buffer zone of Wilpattu by giving it to his supporters. It’s just pathetic the way things happen even though the Ministry of Environment is under the President himself. We also saw how they started building Mini Hydro Power Plants at Handagiriya destroying many more cascades very recently. It’s just so saddening to see the people who’ve been elected to safeguard these things help destroy them for monetary benefits. I hope they will soon see the erroneous ways they’ve been handling our natural resources and get back on track to protect them. However the million dollar question is, “Will it be too late?”.

So, just like that journey, I’m going to plunge straight into business and leave the fairy tale stuff aside. I’m sure the story of the wildlife in Kumana, the farthest away from Colombo, is much more interesting than my vivid imagination. However, just a bit of foreplay wouldn’t be too much to bear I suppose. Well, the newest of our crazes has become the wildlife, probably due to the less appealing states of my beloved waterfalls. Thankfully Hasi too shares the same taste and ever since Wilpattu, we’ve started to manic chase of our wildlife.

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