{"id":149890,"date":"2025-02-28T12:36:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T12:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=149890"},"modified":"2025-02-28T12:36:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T12:36:39","slug":"stories-behind-names-of-places-in-sri-lanka-how-places-in-sri-lanka-got-their-names-galewela-by-nimal-sedera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/stories-behind-names-of-places-in-sri-lanka-how-places-in-sri-lanka-got-their-names-galewela-by-nimal-sedera\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories Behind Names of Places in Sri Lanka How places in Sri Lanka got their names &#8211; GALEWELA &#8211; By Nimal Sedera"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Stories Behind Names of Places in Sri Lanka How places in Sri Lanka got their names &#8211; GALEWELA &#8211; By Nimal Sedera<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-149892 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/eLanka-2025-02-28T180457.460.png\" alt=\"GALEWELA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Source:- <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/qld-sri-lankan-newsletter-daehaena-march-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D\u00e6h\u00e6na Newsletter\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"49\" data-end=\"275\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong data-start=\"49\" data-end=\"61\">Galewela<\/strong> is a famous place in Sri Lanka located in the Matale District, in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Galewela is a separate Pradeshiya Sabha. It is known as a rich agricultural area with successful paddy fields.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"277\" data-end=\"553\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It is believed that the name <strong data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"318\">Galewela<\/strong> was given to this area during the time of <strong data-start=\"361\" data-end=\"378\">King Kashyapa<\/strong>. Galewela is in the vicinity of famous <strong data-start=\"418\" data-end=\"430\">Sigiriya<\/strong>, the greatest artistic creation of King Kashyapa, the one and only king that ruled Sri Lanka from this historic kingdom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"555\" data-end=\"925\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">King Kashyapa, who is identified as a lover of nature who had creative ideas, observed the area around the rock kingdom very carefully and took every possible step to develop the place and moved around the place enjoying the beauty and meeting people and developing the area. The king observed the beautiful paddy fields around the rock and visited them with his army.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"927\" data-end=\"1403\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The story is that the large rice fields he saw from the rock kingdom were visited by the king several times, and he enjoyed the environment seated on a huge rock located amidst the rice cultivation. It is further said that he loved the place so much that he visited this place even on moonlit days. <strong data-start=\"1226\" data-end=\"1241\">&#8220;Vele Gala&#8221;<\/strong> (the rock in the rice field) became the King\u2019s favorite place. People referred to this place as <strong data-start=\"1338\" data-end=\"1353\">&#8220;Vele Gala&#8221;<\/strong>, and over time it evolved to be <strong data-start=\"1386\" data-end=\"1400\">&#8220;GALEWELA&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"927\" data-end=\"1403\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-149891\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Nimal-Sedera.jpg\" alt=\"Nimal Sedera\" width=\"92\" height=\"132\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1410\" data-end=\"1432\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong data-start=\"1414\" data-end=\"1430\">Nimal Sedera<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1433\" data-end=\"1530\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong data-start=\"1433\" data-end=\"1453\">Dr. Nimal Sedera<\/strong> is a journalist, poet, motivational speaker, and an author of over 70 books.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1034\" data-end=\"1406\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/elanka-newsletter-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly\u00a0to\u00a0your\u00a0inbox!<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stories Behind Names of Places in Sri Lanka How places in Sri Lanka got their names &#8211; GALEWELA &#8211; By Nimal Sedera Source:- D\u00e6h\u00e6na Newsletter\u00a0 Galewela is a famous place in Sri Lanka located in the Matale District, in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. 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