Yakadaya's final journey
'Yakadaya'- Sri Lanka's iron man's body was lying
at the morgue of the Colombo National Hospital for a few days. His
nephew, who said they didn't wish to claim relationship with him as
he was a hardcore criminal, took his body to Manampitiya, Yakadaya's
home town, where the 111-year-old went on his last journey
yesterday.
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Weligalpotta Aranya Senasana:
Rock temple in forest reserve
We all like to go to a calm and quiet place
especially to a religious place far from the hustle and bustle of
the city to console our mind. Weligalpotta or Yakgirilena Aranya
Senasana (Monastery) in Yagirala, Walallawita in the Kalutara
district is one such place.
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Nugegoda in the fifties:
Transforming a village into a city
After leaving Colombo city in 1952 I came to
Gangodawila, Nugegoda to reside as a boarder. Nugegoda was a small
town about seven miles from Colombo. It was on the Highlevel Road
constructed in the late 1920s. The road linked Colombo with major
plantation towns of Avissawella and Ratnapura.
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