The Ambalama (Sinhala: අම්බලම) is a simple structure that was designed to provide shelter for passing travellers. There were no charges for using the premises of the Ambalama as it was made, as an offering of goodwill (Pinkama).

The Dodanwala Ambalama is a small square Ambalama. The roof rests on four wooden beams, four square pillars on two-foot-high stone pillars. The roof has four sides. The slope at the top is increased. Slab contraction joints should intersect at the openings for columns. Sinhala tiles are used in the lower part of the slope.

The construction of the Ambalama is recorded in Sinhala script on two sides of a stone foundation of this Ambalama. Accordingly, this Ambalama was built in 1875 under the patronage of a private philanthropist.

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Dodanwala Ambalama

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