Lewella

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Lewella
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Lewella
Coordinates: 7°18′N80°39′E / 7.300°N 80.650°E / 7.300; 80.650
CountryFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  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.

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ Senanayake, U.W. (11 October 2011). Born to Endure. Xlibris Corporation. p. 66. ISBN   978-1-4653-0513-8.
  2. ↑ Dhammika, Shravasti (2008). Sacred Island: A Buddhist Pilgrim's Guide to Sri Lanka. Buddhist Publication Society. p. 29. ISBN   978-955-24-0271-5.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Frey, Elke; Lemmer, Gerhard; Namasivayam, Jayanthi (2001). Sri Lanka. Nelles. p. 210. ISBN   978-3-88618-229-9.
  5. ↑ "Sri Lanka's Heroic Freedom Struggles of 1818 and 1848 – Part 2 - IDN-InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters". www.indepthnews.net. Retrieved 2019-10-16.

Coordinates: 7°18′N80°39′E / 7.300°N 80.650°E / 7.300; 80.650


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