Lewella | |
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Village | |
  Lewella | |
| Coordinates: 7°18′N 80°39′E / 7.300°N 80.650°E | |
| Country |  Sri Lanka |
| Province | Central Province |
| District | Kandy District |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time) |
Lewella (meaning "blood sand"[1][self-published source]) is a village and northeastern suburb of Kandy, in Central Province, Sri Lanka. It contains the Buddhist Lewella Meditation Centre,[2] as well as a center for the Jesuits.[3] The Mahaweli River flows on the eastern side, with a small bridge along Sirimalwatta Road, known as Lewella Suspension Bridge,[4] leading across the river to the east.
Lewella can also be seen spelled as "Le Wella," meaning "bloody beach" due to a massacre in the area from the first major British invasion in the 1800s.[5]
Degaldoruwa temple is a historic Buddhist temple well known for cave paintings situated near Lewella.[6][7]
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- ^ Dhammika, Shravasti (2008). Sacred Island: A Buddhist Pilgrim's Guide to Sri Lanka. Buddhist Publication Society. p. 29. ISBN 978-955-24-0271-5.
- ^ Gibbs, Philip (1 January 1996). The Word in the Third World: Divine Revelation in the Theology of Jean-Marc Ela, Aloysius Pieris and Gustavo Gutiérrez. Gregorian Biblical BookShop. p. 167. ISBN 978-88-7652-697-8.
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- ^ "Degaldoruwa Temple | Visiting places in Kandy | degaldoruwa Viharaya". infolanka. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ^ "A Visit to Degaldoruwa Temple | Experiences in Kandy | SriLankaInStyle". www.srilankainstyle.com. Retrieved 2024-09-26.