Tissamaharama linn

Tissamaharama asub 264 km lõuna pool Colombost Hambantota piirkonnas. Tissamaharama on jõudmiseks peatee Colombo-Galle-Hambantota (A1), mis lõpeb Wellawayas Monaragala piirkonnas. Kuigi Tissamaharama pole raudteeühendusega, on see Lõuna piirkonna transpordikeskus.

Mõnusalt varjuline linn asub laialdaste riisipõldude keskel, mis liiguvad Tissa Wewa suure vihmaveereservuaari tuules, mis asub 1 km linnast põhjas. Riisipõldude keskel seisab muljetavaldav lumivalge Santagiri Dagoba stupa, 56 m kõrge ja 165 meetrit ümbermõõduga. Tissa Wewa vihmaveereservuaari kõige kaugemas nurgas viib jalgtee kõige väiksema inimkätega rajatud järve, nimega Debera Wewa. Tissamaharama asub ka Menik Dagoba stupa ja kuulus Yatala Dagoba stupa, mille usutakse sisaldavat Budda reliikviaid.

Enamik hotelle ja külalistemaju asub Tissa Wewa vihmaveereservuaari lähedal. Deberwewa külas asuvad külalistemajad asuvad ka oma kunstliku järve lähedal.

Ümbritsevad vaatamisväärsused: Olles transpordikeskus ja mitme hea hotelli ning turismigastmaja koduks, toimib Tissamaharama ka aluseks ekskursioonidele Bundala kaitseala, Ruhuna Yala rahvusparki, Kataragamasse ja Situlpahuwa kloostrisse.


Tissamaharama on esindatud ka TripAdvisoris, Viatoris ja GetYourGuide'is.

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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