Sorabora Wewa with a Unique Natural Stone Sluice

The famous Sorabora Wewa, the massive irrigation reservoir of ancient Binthanne, lies about 1 km from the current Mahiyangana town and a must-see destination for visitors of Mahiyangana Rajamaha Viharaya. |

Sorabora Wewa, which was called the Sea of Binthanne in the ancient past, is unique to all other ancient reservoirs. This is considered the only existing reservoir which does not make use of a Bisokotuwa, the heart of all other large reservoirs of the country. This groundbreaking invention was the single factor that enabled the ancients to build massive reservoirs since the 4th century BCE.

Generally, all the reservoirs have sluice gates that regulate the water flow out of the reservoir on the massive embankments. It was the Bisokotuwa that regulated the water pressure at the sluice gates inside the tank and protected the embankment from erosion.

(Heritage Lanka by Neil Kiriella 2017, P:217)

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Sorabora Wewa with a Unique Natural Stone Sluice

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