{"id":85615,"date":"2022-01-31T14:11:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T14:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=85615"},"modified":"2022-01-31T14:13:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T14:13:37","slug":"stories-behind-names-of-places-in-sri-lanka-how-nivithigala-got-its-name-by-dr-nimal-sedera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/stories-behind-names-of-places-in-sri-lanka-how-nivithigala-got-its-name-by-dr-nimal-sedera\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories Behind Names of Places in Sri Lanka: How \u201cNivithigala\u201d got its Name &#8211; by Dr. Nimal Sedera"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\"><strong>Stories Behind Names of Places in Sri Lanka: How \u201cNivithigala\u201d got its Name &#8211; by Dr. Nimal Sedera<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Source:<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/brisbane-4eb-sri-lankan-newsletter-daehaena-february-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brisbane 4EB Sri Lankan Newsletter \u2013 D\u00e6h\u00e6na \u2013 february 2022<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Nivithigala is a well-known place in Sri Lanka. A voting electorate is known by this name in Sri Lanka. It is in the district of Ratnapura and a short drive from the Gem City: Ratnapura. It is also famous for its gem pits. Further, Nivithigala is an important centre in the Mid Country tea growing map, a place I have travelled often visiting some<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0of my dear friends in the Lions Movement.<\/span><\/p>\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-85616 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/stories-behind-name-of-place-in-sri-lanka-how-nivithigala-got-its-name.png\" alt=\"Stories Behind Names of Places in Sri Lanka: How \u201cNivithigala\u201d got its Name\" width=\"278\" height=\"296\" \/>May I look at the word \u201cNimithi\u201d in a few directions. \u201cNivithi\u201d is the Sinhala word for the vegetable Spinach. But, \u201cNivithigala\u201d is not named after that vegetable. \u201cNimithi\u201d is a Sinhala word for features. There are good omens and bad omens in our culture. I quote from \u201cSalalihini Sandesaya\u201d of the Kotte period. \u201cBALA SUBA NIMITHI PERAMAGA LAKUNATHA VEDI\u201d. I sight a few examples of \u201cNimithi\u201d here to elaborate. A glass filled with milk is brought to the newly married couple as they step down from the poruwa as a good omen. Seeing someone coming in your direction with a water filled pot when you are going on some important mission is considered a good omen. The cow too is considered a good omen. Incidentally, meeting a Buddhist monk is a bad omen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lanka in every way had a great influence from India. Buddhism, Hinduism and even the arrival of Vijaya was from India. Astrology too came from India. The name NIMITHIGALA is supposed to be linked to an astrological incident. \u201cNimithi Baleema\u201d is done even today in Sri Lanka. Even in and around the capital city of Colombo, there are places to get a \u201cNimithi reading\u201d to get guidance to overcome problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">For instance, \u201cNimithi reading\u201d is often done to trace lost items or to trace people who are responsible for robberies. Generally, people go for these readings when they are desperate to trace a source responsible for bad incidents such as thefts, lost or misplaced items, missing animals or people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">So, an expert with this skill had come from India and resided in the area we now call NIVITHIGALA\u201d. He took shelter in a rocky (GAL SAHITHA) hilly place and performed his predictions. His readings became so accurate people came from all parts of the country. Hence there was no name to identify the place to give directions to the people coming to see him directed them to the GALA on the hill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Over time, people called it NIMITHIGALA which evolved to be called NIVITHIGALA.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72934 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Dr.-Nimal-Sedera-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Nimal Sedera\" width=\"47\" height=\"68\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Dr. Nimal Sedera<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Dr. Nimal Sedera is a journalist, poet, motivational speaker and an<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">author of over 70 books.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stories Behind Names of Places in Sri Lanka: How \u201cNivithigala\u201d got its Name &#8211; by Dr. Nimal Sedera Source:Brisbane 4EB Sri Lankan Newsletter \u2013 D\u00e6h\u00e6na \u2013 february 2022 Nivithigala is a well-known place in Sri Lanka. A voting electorate is known by this name in Sri Lanka. It is in the district of Ratnapura and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":85616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[30848,41558,41557,40807,41559],"class_list":{"0":"post-85615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"tag-dr-nimal-sedera","9":"tag-gem-city","10":"tag-nivithigala","11":"tag-ratnapura","12":"tag-salalihini-sandesaya","13":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stories Behind Names of Places in Sri Lanka: How \u201cNivithigala\u201d got its Name - by Dr. Nimal Sedera - eLanka<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nivithigala is a well-known place in Sri Lanka. 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