Tissamaharama City

Tissamaharama ligger 264 km syd for Colombo i Hambantota-distriktet. Tissamaharama kan nås via hovedvejen Colombo-Galle-Hambantota (A1), som ender i Wellawaya i Monaragala-distriktet. Selvom Tissamaharama ikke er forbundet med jernbanenettet, er det et transportcenter i den sydlige provins.

Den skyggefulde by ligger smukt midt i de store risfelter, der bevæger sig med vinden fra den store regnvandsreservoir Tissa Wewa, som ligger 1 km nord for byen. I midten af risfelterne står den imponerende snedækkede Santagiri Dagoba stupa, 56 meter høj og 165 meter i omkreds. I den fjerne ende af Tissa Wewa regnvandsreservoiret er der en sti, der fører til den mindste menneskeskabte sø kaldet Debera Wewa. I Tissamaharama findes også Menik Dagoba stupa og den berømte Yatala Dagoba stupa, som menes at indeholde relikvier af Buddha.

De fleste hoteller og gæstehuse ligger nær Tissa Wewa regnvandsreservoiret. Byen Deberwewa er også hjemsted for gæstehuse, der ligger nær dens menneskeskabte sø.

Områdets attraktioner: Som et transportcenter og med et par gode hoteller og turistgæstehuse fungerer Tissamaharama også som base for ture til Bundala Sanctuary, Ruhuna Yala National Park, Kataragama og Situlpahuwa klosteret.

Tissamaharama er også præsenteret på TripAdvisor, Viator og GetYourGuide.

About Hambantota District

Hambantota is a rural town in southeastern coastal area of Sri Lanka. It is also the capital of the Hambantota District in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. Approximately 240 kms from Colombo, Hambantota is in the midst of transformation into a strategic port and commercial centre, undergoing extensive infrastructure development. Flanked by sweeping sandy beaches, Hambantota is a convenient location from which to visit nearby sights.

The Bundala National Park lays 20 km east of Hambantota and the Wirawila Sanctuary a little further off. The Ruhuna National Park and the Kataragama Temple are other attractions that can be accessed easily from this city.

About Southern Province

The Southern Province of Sri Lanka is a small geographic area consisting of the districts of Galle, Matara and Hambantota. Subsistence farming and fishing is the main source of income for the vast majority of the people of this region.

Important landmarks of the Southern Province include the wildlife sanctuaries of the Yala and Udawalawe National Parks, the holy city of Kataragama, and the ancient cities of Tissamaharama, Kirinda and Galle. (Although Galle is an ancient city, almost nothing survives from before the Portuguese invasion.) During the Portuguese period there were two famous Sinhalese poets called Andare who was from Dickwella and Gajaman Nona who was from Denipitiya in Matara District, composing poems on common man.

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