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Stories Behind Names of Places in Sri Lanka ULHITIYAWA – By Dr. Nimal Sedera Source: Brisbane Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – June 2022 Ulhitiyawa is a famous village situated in Mahiyanganaya. Ulhitiyawa became famous with the commencement of the Mahaweli Ganga development project for it was a key launching point of the programme The formation of the name of this village is also linked to a story of Sinhala Kings. There lived a petty officer appointed by the state to attend to the needs of the people of this area. Instead of helping the people he was extremely rude to the people abusing his powers. The people were very angry with him. Suddenly, this person fell badly ill and needed the help of the people of the village for his existence. People were in some ways were happy of his sickness and thought that it was the curse of ...