Mana Ella
Photographer : Palitha Ariyawansha |
| Height : |
23 metres |
| District : |
Badulla |
The 23m Mana Falls is set amongst lush tea plantations. The fall's upper reach is made up of seven stone basins. Water flows over these and in turn onto and over the Welimada Plateau to the end of the Uma River valley, creating the twin fall. One of the streams cascades freely as the other impacts with a rock creating a fan of water that is said to resemble a peacock's feathers.
The fall is said to be where bygone kings spent their leisure time. It was supposedly here that the virgins of ancient King Walagamba bathed as he sat contentedly and watched. Until recently an inscription of a crown and a chain could be found on a nearby stone seat, thought to hark back to such days, but the pictures have fallen victim to the destructiveness of treasure hunters.
Mana Falls lies in the Badulla District, on the Welimada - Pussaellawa road at Lunuwatte. The 22m Mana Falls is set amongst lush tea plantations. The fall's upper reach is made up of seven stone basins. Water flows over these and in turn onto and over the Welimada Plateau to the end of the Uma River valley, creating the twin fall. One of the streams cascades freely as the other impacts with a rock creating a fan of water that is said to resemble a peacock's feathers.
The fall is said to be where bygone kings spent their leisure time. It was supposedly here that the virgins of ancient King Walagamba bathed as he sat contentedly and watched. Until recently an inscription of a crown and a chain could be found on a nearby stone seat, thought to hark back to such days, but the pictures have fallen victim to the destructiveness of treasure hunters.
Mana Falls lies in the Badulla District, on the Welimada - Pussaellawa road at Lunuwatte.
Author & Publisher : Dharman Wickremaratne
www.srilankanwaterfalls.org
Created on November 11, 2007
Updated
November 12, 2007
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