{"id":97342,"date":"2022-08-10T15:35:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T15:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=97342"},"modified":"2022-08-10T15:36:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T15:36:23","slug":"belumgala-defense-fortress-of-kandyan-hills-by-arundathie-abeysinghe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/belumgala-defense-fortress-of-kandyan-hills-by-arundathie-abeysinghe\/","title":{"rendered":"Belumgala \u2013 defense fortress of Kandyan hills – By Arundathie Abeysinghe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Belumgala \u2013 defense fortress of Kandyan hills – <\/strong>By Arundathie Abeysinghe<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

\"Belumgala<\/p>\n

\"\"Located in *Kadugannawa Gap approximately 10 kilometers from *Pilimathalawa, Belumgala Rock offers spectacular vistas of the environs as far as the eye can see including surreal vistas of Kadugannawa valley. Many visitors hike the adjacent small rock, believing it to be Belumgala, mistakenly. Belumgala is visible from *Pahala Kadugannawa viewpoint too. Also spelt as \u201cBalumgala\u201d, the mountain was thus named due to its strategic location as a place of defense. Considered as a silent defender of Kandyan hills, Colombo-Kandy Road can be seen clearly for many kilometers from the summit of Belumgala. As the location was a great boon for Sinhalese soldiers tracking enemy invasions, the mountain was known as \u201cBelumgala\u201d (meaning viewing mountain in Sinhala) for centuries.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the *Kandyan Kingdom, Sinhalese soldiers had been dispatched to this location and it had served as a major checkpoint when invading armies were approaching the Kandyan Kingdom to observe the invaders and ambush them. Therefore, this mountain had been a great obstacle to capture the Kandyan Kingdom. Hence, this mountain is considered as a location with great historic value, etched in the history of Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n

Located approximately two kilometers along Belumgala Temple Road when traveling from Kadugannawa to Gampola and situated amidst tea estates, Belumgala is located approximately four kilometers from the road.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a private road at the location of the rock. To reach Belumgala, it is necessary to travel approximately 100 meters along this road and towards the end of road, there is a tea estate and the footpath through this estate has to be taken to reach Belumgala. There is also a road towards right which ends at Telcom Towers. Although, the rock can be accessed from this location also, it is strictly prohibited due to security reasons Hence, it is necessary to travel along the footpath in the tea estate before the Telecom Tower.<\/span><\/p>\n

The mountain is also visible for passengers traveling by train on Colombo-Kandy railway line between *Balana and Kadugannawa railway stations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dekinda falls, a scenic waterfall is also located in close proximity to Belumgala Mountain. There is a forest path to reach the waterfall.<\/span><\/p>\n

Image courtesy \u2013 attractionssrilanka.com & www.neoxian.city<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n