{"id":103231,"date":"2022-11-02T15:14:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T15:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=103231"},"modified":"2022-11-02T15:16:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T15:16:57","slug":"kallady-bridge-in-the-land-of-singing-fish-by-arundathie-abeysinghe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/kallady-bridge-in-the-land-of-singing-fish-by-arundathie-abeysinghe\/","title":{"rendered":"Kallady Bridge in the land of \u201cSinging Fish\u201d &#8211;  By Arundathie Abeysinghe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Kallady Bridge in the land of \u201cSinging Fish\u201d &#8211; <span style=\"color: #666699;\">By Arundathie Abeysinghe<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103232\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-103232\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Kallady-Bridge-e1667401700484.jpg\" alt=\"Kallady Bridge\" width=\"600\" height=\"417\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Kallady Bridge, Batticaloa (inside view)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-75843 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Ms.-Arundathie-Abeysinghe160.jpg\" alt=\" Arundathie Abeysinghe\" width=\"160\" height=\"145\" \/>Prefabricated in 1924 in the United Kingdom and imported to Sri Lanka, Kallady Bridge was the longest iron bridge in Sri Lanka in the past. Kallady Bridge connects *Kallady to *Batticaloa and it is a unique bridge shrouded in history and legend. The Bridge is officially known as \u201cLady Manning Bridge\u201d and was named to honor Lady Manning, the wife of the former Governor of *Ceylon William Manning. The view from the Bridge is spectacular and serene\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The massive truss bridge had been prefabricated at Patent Shaft &amp; Axletree and transported by steamship from London. During that period, it had been a challenge for engineers to set up the Bridge over the flowing waters of the Lagoon. Although, it has been constructed in 1924, it has been installed 1928.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Constructed during the British Colonial Era, the Bridge served as the main route for around 100 years. Approximately 10,000 vehicles crossed the narrow single lane rail bridge, daily. Due to large numbers of vehicles utilizing the narrow bridge, there had been many accidents which lead to traffic congestion for several hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Hence, in 2013, local authorities decided to construct a wider bridge parallel to the old bridge as a post-war development project, to replace the original bridge to accommodate more vehicles. At present, the old bridge is utilized by pedestrians and cyclists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Kallady Bridge crosses the Batticaloa Lagoon and is part of the Colombo-Batticaloa Highway (A4). The Bridge has 6 spans, connected by 54 precast post-tensioned box girders, each with a length of 48 meters and a weight of 180 tons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">According to locals and tourists, an enthralling sound emanates under the Bridge popularly known as \u201cSinging Fish\u201d by locals and tourists, considered as a maritime mystery, a harmonious sound emanating from the depths of the *Batticaloa Lagoon. Although, many locals and tourists have visited the location to find out the reason regarding the melodious sound of \u201cSinging Fish\u201d, there is no conclusive evidence regarding this. Hence, the Bridge is a major attraction to local and foreign tourists who want to witness a unique natural phenomenon. Some tourists consider it as a mystery, whereas the majority are curious to probe in-depth and research about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">According to some locals, the musical sound rising from the water can be heard better on full moon nights. Hence, the site is full of tourists on full moon nights. Locals are of the view that to hear this music well, one must travel by boat under the Bridge, stop below it and dip the oar into water and hold the other end to one\u2019s ear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Hence, Batticaloa is also known as the \u201cLand of the Singing Fish.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Scholars are of the view that the melodious sound emanates from the activity of the marine ecosystem near the Bridge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">At the end of the new bridge, on the right side of the road, there is another remarkable cement structure which displays a large fish swimming gracefully with four orange hued fish mounted on a blue circular pond, considered as a reminder of Batticaloa\u2019s \u201cSinging Fish\u201d anecdote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">According to scholars, in 1954, two American presets from St. Michael&#8217;s College, Batticaloa, Rev. Fr. Lang and Rev. Fr. Moran recorded fish singing under Kallady Bridge. The recording has been broadcasted on *Radio Ceylon in 1960s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103233\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Kallady-New-Bridge-e1667401715271.webp\" alt=\"Kallady Bridge\" width=\"600\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A popular local artist Gunadasa Kapuge sings the song \u201c<em>Kallady Palama Pamula<\/em>\u201d depicting ethnic harmony which also mentions Kallady Bridge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Tips<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Walk along the Bridge at night to listen to the \u201cSinging Fish.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The best period to hear music is between April and September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Vehicles are strictly prohibited from travelling on the original Iron Bridge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Image courtesy &#8211; traveladventures.org &amp; maga.lk<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Batticaloa &#8211;<\/strong> A major town and commercial center in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka, Batticaloa is located on land between Batticaloa Lagoon and the Indian Ocean, Batticaloa District is flourished with three lagoons, *Batticaloa Lagoon, Valaichchenai Lagoon and Vakari Lagoon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Batticaloa Lagoon &#8211;<\/strong> A very large estuarine lagoon in Batticaloa District in eastern Sri Lanka. Batticaloa Lagoon is the largest lagoon among the three lagoons in Batticaloa District. A long and narrow lagoon situated in the east coast of Sri Lanka with the total area of approximately 11,500 hectares of water. The Lagoon is 56 kilometers long and extends from Eravur in Batticaloa District in the north to Kalmunai in Ampara District in the south. A densely populated region utilized for cultivating rice, coconut and several other crops and fed by several small rivers, it is linked to the sea by two narrow channels, one at Batticaloa and the other at Periyakallar. During the dry season, these channels are blocked by sand bars. The Lagoon has extensive mangrove swamps and some sea grass beds. The lagoon attracts a wide variety of aquatic birds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Ceylon &#8211;<\/strong> Sri Lanka gained Independence from British Colonials in 1948. In 1972, Ceylon became a republic within the Commonwealth and Ceylon was thereafter known as Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Governor William Manning &#8211;<\/strong> Brigadier-General Sir William Henry Manning, GCMG, KBE, CB (1863 &#8211; 1932) was a British Indian Army officer and colonial administrator. Educated at the University of Cambridge as a non-collegiate student and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was appointed Governor of Ceylon, in September, 1918.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Kallady &#8211;<\/strong> A village in Batticaloa District of Eastern province of Sri Lanka situated north of Batticaloa.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Radio Ceylon &#8211;<\/strong> A radio station based in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) and the first radio station in Asia, broadcasting had been commenced at Radio Ceylon on an experimental basis by the colonial Telegraph Department in 1923, three years after the inauguration of broadcasting in Europe. History of Radio Ceylon dates to 1925, when its first precursor, Colombo Radio has been launched on December 16, 1925, utilizing a mediumwave radio transmitter of one kilowatt of output power from Welikada in Colombo. Commenced three years after the launch of BBC, Colombo Radio was the first radio station in Asia and the second oldest radio station in the world. This new medium of mass communication became increasingly popular and evolved into a medium of national character, which led to the \u201cRadio Service\u201d being organized as a separate department of the Government of Ceylon (currently Sri Lanka), in 1949. At present, Radio Ceylon is known as Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kallady Bridge in the land of \u201cSinging Fish\u201d &#8211; By Arundathie Abeysinghe Prefabricated in 1924 in the United Kingdom and imported to Sri Lanka, Kallady Bridge was the longest iron bridge in Sri Lanka in the past. Kallady Bridge connects *Kallady to *Batticaloa and it is a unique bridge shrouded in history and legend. 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