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4 unusual facts about Galle District


Katukurunde Nanananda Thera

Nyanananda was born in 1940 to a Buddhist family in Galle District in Sri Lanka.

Kothduwa temple

The island is located in Galle District of the Southern Province approximately 35 kilometres north of Galle and 88 kilometres south of Colombo.

Senarath Liyana Arachchi

He was born on 26 October 1950 to a reputed family in Pitigala Galle District.

His mother, Isanona Epa Senaviratne was a grand- daughter of Don Philip De Silva Epa Appuhamy(founder of the Epa Almanac) and his father, Adman Liyana Arachchi was a village headman in Pitigala in Galle District.



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Gunadasa Kapuge

Kapuge was born on August 7, 1945 either in the village of Miriswatte in the Galle district or in the tiny village of Thanabaddegama in Elpitiya.

Salagama

The community was traditionally associated with the cultivation and management of cinnamon, and also as soldiers,and are found mostly in Southern coastal areas, especially in the villages around Rathgama (Rajgama), Boossa and Balapitiya in Galle district.