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Stories Behind Names of Places in Sri Lanka: TAWALAMA – By Dr. Nimal Sedera Source:Brisbane Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – July 2022 “Tawalama” is a village in the district of Galle near Habarakada. It is by the famous river” Ging gaga”. In the olden days, in the absence of proper main road networks like today, people mostly used foot paths to move about. So the people around the Habarakada area were also using foot paths for their travel. For the economy of the villagers to be stable, the agricultural produce of the village had to reach the main city Galle. The key products were cinnamon, coffey and pepper, and other spices. It was the bull power that was used to bring the produce of the village to the river bank. This was done by loading the produce in bags on bulls and collectively driving them to the riverbank. This ...