Time zone SLST (UTC+05:30) Area 15 km² | Elevation 23 m Postal code 11102 Area code 011 | |
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Website www.minuwangoda.ds.gov.lk Hotels Kamatha, sach's home, Hotel Orinma | ||
Dewalapola is a small rural area in Minuwangoda Divisional Secreteriate of Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the 245/1 Nittambuwa - Katunayake / Airport bus route between Veyangoda and Minuwangoda.
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Map of Dewalapola, Sri Lanka
The major landuses in the area are rubber, coconut, MHG, rice and pineapples. Dewalapola is the home of Sri Sudarshanarama Purana Viharaya, Minu / Ananda Maha Vidyalaya (AMV), a public library, a post office and an Ayurvedic Center of the Department Of Ayurveda, Ministry Of Indigenous Medicine.
Etymology
The name Dewalapola is a compound formed of Dewele (of two times) and Pola (place) which means a place that used twice (a day). Accordance with the historical scripts found in Sri Lanka, for example Mahawamsa and Rajavaliya, Udugampola Rajadhaniya (the Kingdom of Udugampola) was being ruled by King Sakakalavallabha when his elder half brother, Buwanakabahu, owned the throne under the name of Dharma Parakramabahu IX(1508 AD - 1528 AD) of the Kingdom of Kotte succeeding his father King Veera Parakramabahu.
King Sakalakalavallabha with one of his Raja Shilpis, named Balasuriya Kankanama, the devoted superintendent of irrigation of the kingdom, used to take rest for refreshments at Dewalapola twice a day on his way to and from the construction site of Mabodale wewa.