Kotmalē (Sri Lanka)
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Name (Latin)
Kotmalē (Sri Lanka)
Coordinates
80.58333333 80.58333333 7.01666667 7.01666667 (gooearth )
E0803539 E0803539 N0070117 N0070117 (geonames )
Associated country
Sri Lanka
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 07°01ʹ17ʺN 080°35ʹ39ʺE)
- Guṇasōma, Guṇasēkara. Kotmalē janakatā, 1992:t.p. (Kotmalē)
- Info. fr. LC representative, Colombo, 1/19/93(Kotmale, in central Sri Lanka)
Wikipedia description:
Kotmale (Sinhala: කොත්මලේ, romanized: Kotmalē; Tamil: கொத்மலை, romanized: Kotmalai) is a village in Sri Lanka in Central Province. Kotmale forms part of a mountainous region that the Sinhalese kings left forested to generate sufficient rainfall for rice cultivation in the valleys below. The Sinhalese prince Dutugamunu is said to have taken refuge in Kotmale to escape the wrath of his father, King Kavantissa. Kotmale is also where the Kandyan Kings hid the sacred tooth relic during periods of political instability, the last occasion being during the British occupation in 1815.
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