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NidiKumba Forest Retreat
Distance from Tanamalwila to Kataragama 30 km.
Kirinda Beach COOL THINGS TO DO
40 km from Nidikumba Tanamalwila to Kirinda Beach
With the atmosphere of its magnificent setting aside the sea, Kirinda is the appropriate setting of one of those popular legends that constitute early Sri Lankan history.
Legend recounts that Kirinda was the place where Princess Viharamaha Devi drifted ashore after being sacrificed to the sea to atone for her father's, King Kelanitissa, sacrilegious act of killing a monk by putting him in a cauldron of boiling oil. After receiving the Princess, King Kavantissa, who was the ruler of Ruhuna at that time, married the young princess and the couple eventually had 2 sons. Dutugemunu, the eldest son of Viharamahadevi became one of the legends in Sri Lankan history.
It is the popularity of this romantic legend which makes Kirinda a focal point for pilgrims. They come specifically to the rocky outcrop with its group of boulders piled up in bizarre fashion – to see a modern statue of Viharamahadevi and make offerings at the dagoba. We consider the Kirinda Temple on the South East coast with its magnificent views to be one of the most beautiful ancient viharas of Undiscovered Sri Lanka.
Kirinda Beach and Temple on rock
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