Dimbulagala

Dimbulagala
Gunner's Quoin
Highest point
Elevation	534 m (1,752 ft)
Coordinates	7°51′36″N81°8′37″E / 7.86000°N 81.14361°E / 7.86000; 81.14361
Geography
Dimbulagala Sri Lanka

Dimbulagala also known as Gunner's Quoin or Gunner's Rock during the British colonial period, is a rock formation in the Polonnaruwa District of Sri Lanka. By the time anthropologist Charles Gabriel Seligman visited the location in 1911, a cave within the rock had become a refuge of the indigenous Vedda people. During the 12th century AD, The Sinhalese people had constructed a Buddhist monastery within the rock formation. The Dimbulagala Raja Maha Vihara monastery was restored in the 1950s. The villagers around the rock are of mixed Vedda and Sinhalese ancestry.

A panoramic photo over the Dimbulagala peak from "Sath Mahal Prasadaya".

See also

• Dimbulagala Raja Maha Vihara

References

• Seligman, Charles (1976) [1911]. The Veddas. Ams Press Inc. Green. ISBN   0-404-15970-2.
• Samarasinghe, S. W. R. de A. (1990). The Vanishing aborigines : Sri Lanka's Veddas in transition. International Centre for Ethnic Studies in association with NORAD and Vikas Pub. House. ISBN   978-0-7069-5298-8.