{"id":153599,"date":"2025-06-01T16:53:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T16:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=153599"},"modified":"2025-06-01T16:53:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T16:53:04","slug":"stories-behind-names-of-places-in-sri-lanka-how-places-in-sri-lanka-got-their-names-monaragala-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-monaragala-by-nimal-sedera\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories Behind Names of Places in Sri Lanka How places in Sri Lanka got their names &#8211; MONARAGALA  &#8211; By Nimal Sedera"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Stories Behind Names of Places in Sri Lanka How places in Sri Lanka got their names &#8211; <span style=\"color: #000080;\">MONARAGALA<\/span> &#8211; By Nimal Sedera<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanka-excursions-holidays.com\/peacock-hill.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-153602 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lanka-excursions-holidays.com\/uploads\/4\/0\/2\/1\/40216937\/monera-gala-dscf5061-1200_orig.jpeg\" alt=\"MONARAGALA\" width=\"600\" height=\"379\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Image Source :\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lanka-excursions-holidays.com\/peacock-hill.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.lanka-excursions-holidays.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Source :\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/qld-sri-lankan-newsletter-daehaena-june-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D\u00e6h\u00e6na \u2013 June 2025<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-149891 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Nimal-Sedera.jpg\" alt=\"Nimal Sedera\" width=\"114\" height=\"164\" \/>Monaragala is a district in the Uva province . It is a famous agricultural hub in our country. Monaragala is famous for several key historical things linked to it. Some historical Buddhist statues, like the tallest Buddha statue at Maligawila, and the famous cave temples with paintings of archaeological value are in Monaragala .<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Maligawila Buddha statue is a standing figure of the Buddha in Sri Lanka, which has been carved out of a large limestone rock during the 7th century by a Prince named Aggabodhi. It is the tallest free -standing ancient statue of the Buddha found in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It had been broken into several pieces by the time it was found in 1951. Gal Oya National Park, Yala National Park, Muthukandiya Reservoir, Menik Ganga, Gal Oya, Heda Oya, Wila Oya, Kumbukkan Oya are situated in Monaragala district.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Let us now examine how the name &#8220;Monaragala&#8221; came into being. At a time there was no name for the area, it began to<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">be populated. With the morning sunrise, they observed a particular rock on a mountain shining like a peacock head. It was bright and glittering. The Sinhala word for peacock is \u201cmonara\u201d (\u0dc4\u0db8\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dbb\u0dcf). People began to say &#8220;\u0dc4\u0db8\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dbb\u0dcf \u0dc0\u0dc4\u0dda \u0d9c\u0dbd&#8221; and over time it became the name of the place and now the name for a key district is &#8220;Monaragala&#8221;. To this date this mountain rock exists and, yet people continue to admire it and yet call the rock \u0dc4\u0db8\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0dbd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Nimal Sedera<\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Dr. Nimal Sedera is a journalist, poet, motivational speaker and<\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">an author of over 70 books. <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/elanka-newsletter-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly\u00a0to\u00a0your\u00a0inbox!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stories Behind Names of Places in Sri Lanka How places in Sri Lanka got their names &#8211; MONARAGALA &#8211; By Nimal Sedera Image Source :\u00a0.lanka-excursions-holidays.com Source :\u00a0D\u00e6h\u00e6na \u2013 June 2025 Monaragala is a district in the Uva province . 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