Giragama Walawwa

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Giragama Walawwa
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Giragama Walauwa Kandy After Renovation - II.jpg
Giragama Walawwa
General information
Type Walawwa
LocationYatinuwara veediya
Town or city Kandy
Country Sri Lanka
Coordinates 07°17′39.6″N80°38′09.5″E / 7.294333°N 80.635972°E / 7.294333; 80.635972 Coordinates: 07°17′39.6″N80°38′09.5″E / 7.294333°N 80.635972°E / 7.294333; 80.635972
Completed1814
Designations Archaeological protected monument (8 July 2005) [1] (23 February 2007) [2]

Giragama Walawwa is a historic Walawwa building located on the corner of Yatinuwara Veediya (Brownrigg Street) and Sir Bennet Soysa Veediya (Colombo Street) Kandy, Sri Lanka. [3] The building is originally built in 1814 and considered as the oldest walawwa building within the Kandy. It was the residence of former Diyawadana Nilame Kudamudiyanse Giragama.

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In the central part of the building is a wooden tower, which is unique to the building and can not be found in other Walawwas throughout the country. Archaeologists believe that tower could be some kind of a "watch tower or a "security tower" used by the early residents. [4] The building has been formally recognised by the government as an archaeological protected monument. [5]

In 2014 the Kandy Municipal Council together with the Central Cultural Fund and the Urban Redevelopment Authority resolved to restore the building, at an estimated cost of Rs 7.2 million. [4] The works were completed in September 2015 at a total cost of Rs 15.08 million and officially opened by Governor Surangani Ellawala. [6]

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The archaeological heritage of Sri Lanka can be divided into three ages; Prehistoric (Stone-age), Protohistoric, and historical period. The presence of man activities in Sri Lanka probably dates from 75,000 years ago. Prehistoric sites which are presently identified in the country are distributed from the maritime belt and the lowland plains of the wet and dry zones to the high plateaus and rain forests in the central and southwestern mountain regions of the island. The protohistoric period expands from about 1000 BC to the historical period at about 500 BC. The main indicators of the distribution of protohistoric and early settlements on the island are the megalithic burials and pottery sites.

Ehelepola Walauwa was the ancestral home of Ehelepola Disawe and his family and is located in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

References

  1. ↑ "Gazette". The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka . 1401. 8 July 2005.
  2. ↑ Gazette1486 2007, p. 9.
  3. ↑ "Protecting treasures a national responsibility". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 28 September 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Facelift for Giragama Walauwa and old Kandy buildings". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Protected Monument List 2012-12-12" (PDF). Department of Archaeology. 12 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Protecting treasures a national responsibility". Daily News . 28 September 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

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