Alagalla Archives

Stories Behind Names of Places in Sri Lanka – ALAGALLA – By Dr Nimal Sedara Source : Dæhæna – March 2024 Alagalla is near Mawanella on the Kandy – Colombo Road. Alagalla mountain is a popular spot for the hill climbers in Sri Lanka and many a mountain climbing competitions are often held here. When descending from the hill capital Kandy this mountain appears very beautiful. A regular climb happens here for the Independence Day of Sri Lanka, the 4th of February Often, there are more than one story behind the formation of names of places. I will relate only one of them pertaining to ALAGALLA. The story is based on a family, where the mother- in- law and the daughter-in-law had disputes. Though the mother-in-law did not like the daughter-in-law very much she tolerated her as she was the wife of her only child. The family had enough wealth to ...

HALGOLLA PLANTATION HOME – the unique sri lankan experience – December 2019 Spot the garden lizard (katussa) ! Moses-in-therushes (Tradescantia spathacea) The picture on the left is of a plant that is part of a selection that oral history at HPH says was but one exotic foliage plant previously found all over the “home plantation of Antoine Joseph van der Poorten and reputed to have been brought back by him from his trips to what was then the Congo Free State, where he served that most reprehensible of monarchs, Leopold II of Belgium, as manager of that king’s plantations in Central Africa and from the far east, Java, where he settled his eldest son, Francis, at age 21, never to For December, as in past months, we’ll continue our “Surprise Basket of HPH goodies,” which appears to delight our guests as they take their leave of us! Acknowledgements of ...