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AMBALAMA HERITAGE

Apalawatta Ambalama (Yatawaka Ambalama)

අත්තනගල්ල ඇපලවත්ත අම්බලම

WESTERN PROVINCE

COLOMBO DISTRICT

7°5'36.2"N 80°9'17.0"E

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The seats are built at three different heights. Even resting had a hierarchy.

STAND INSIDE IT — 360°

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THE PLACE

A wayside shelter at Urapola, by the road, looking over a playing field.


Inside, the seating is built at three different heights. The reading is that this accommodated different social ranks — which, if true, tells you something uncomfortable about a building whose whole principle was that anyone could stop, free, without asking.


Shelter for all travellers. Just not at the same level.

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PROVINCE

Western Province

DISTRICT

Colombo District

DS DIVISION

Attanagalla

GN DIVISION

Yatawaka

LOCALITY

Yatawaka

FROM COLOMBO

48 km · 1 h 28 min
54 km · 1 h 23 min by expressway

COORDINATES

7°5'36.2"N 80°9'17.0"E

THE PHOTOGRAPHS

THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S NOTES

- Viran de Silva

ONWARD

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Or let the island choose – take me anywhere

UNIQUE SRI LANKA

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CONTACT

Photographs © Viran de Silva
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