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Ambalama Heritage

Site of Palle Deegala Ambalama

Central Province

Kandy District

7°22'33.4"N 80°38'21.8"E

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THE PLACE

Palle Deegala Ambalama served travellers using the old road through the Akurana area of Kandy District, near Deegala. The structure collapsed on 18 November 2020, after a long period of deterioration.


What remains at the site, then, is not a surviving building but its absence. No date of construction, no patron, and no architectural record have surfaced for this ambalama — only the fact and date of its fall. Any fabric or reconstruction found on site today should be judged as it stands, not assumed from older photographs.

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THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S NOTES

Ask locally for the former Palle Deegala Ambalama site. Do not expect a standing historic building, and avoid disturbing any surviving stones or structural fragments.

- Viran de Silva

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