Udugampola
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උඩුගම්පළ
உடுகம்பொல
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|subdivision_name1 = Gampaha District
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Udugampola is a small town in the Gampaha District of Sri Lanka and was a sub kingdom during reign of the King Sakala Kala Wallabha of Kotte Era.{{cite web | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/081221/FunDay/fundaytimes_1.html| title=The Kandyan Rebellion| publisher=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)| date=21 December 2008 | access-date=10 May 2017}} The main point in the area is around the intersection of Gampaha-Minuwangoda and Kotugoda-Naiwala roads.
History
According to the historical sources such as the Rajaveliya, Udugampola had been the sub kingdom of a provincial king or viceroy, Sakalakala Wallabha, the son of Veera Parakramabahu VIII of Kotte.{{cite web | url=http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/11601| title=Administration of Udugampola, sub kingdom: A Historical and Archaeological Legacy| publisher=University of Kelaniya| first=Dinithi|last=Wijesuriya| date=2015 | access-date=10 May 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20121016/281908770380644|title=Revival of Kotte Period: 'Patha Pokuna'|newspaper=Daily Mirror|last=Ariyaratne|first=L. W.|date=6 October 2012|access-date=11 May 2017}} The place where the palace of the king was located is today known as Maliga Godella (Mound of Palace) and ruins related with the Kingdom are still can be seen at the premises of the present Uththararama Purana Vihara.{{cite web | url=http://www.minuwangoda.ds.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=17&lang=en| title=Cultural background of the Minuwangoda Division| publisher=Minuwangoda Urban Council| access-date=10 May 2017}} The large pond called Pathaha Pokuna adjoining the Uththararama temple has been identified as the bathing pool of the king.
The existence of a palace in Udugampola is confirmed by an old copper plate called Kadirana Sannasa which was discovered in Kadirana cinnamon plantation near Negombo town. It bears no date but purports a grant made by king Vijayabhahu of Udugampola in Alutkuru korale. The Sannasa records a donation made to a Brahmin by the king at a royal assembly held in his new palace at Udugampola on new moon day of Poson (18 June 1517) when a full solar eclipse was sighted.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3lBF4xvHRkoC&dq=new+palace+at+Udugampola&pg=PA77|title=Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society|author=Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Ceylon Branch, Colombo|publisher=Colombo Apothecaries Company, 1873|year=1873|pages=75, 76, 77|volume=5}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.divaina.com/2009/09/16/feature03.html පෘතුගීසින්ගෙන් රට බේරාගත් සකලකලා වල්ලභයන්ගේ උඩුගම්පොළ රාජධානිය]
Category:Populated places in Gampaha District
Category:Grama Niladhari divisions of Sri Lanka
Category:Former populated places in Sri Lanka
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