Matale City
Matale, Sri Lanka, is renowned for its lush vegetation and spice gardens. Located in the central province, it offers a rich cultural experience with cooking classes and demonstrations. Visitors can learn traditional recipes and techniques, such as clay pot cooking, and enjoy dishes like chicken curry and dhal curry, making Matale a culinary and cultural treasure.
ダンブル ソマヴァティ コンプレックス
この場所は、より有名なダンブッラ ランギリ ラジャ マハ ヴィハラヤのやや裏手にあり、スリ ヴァラガンバ ピリヴェーナに隣接しており、ダンブッラへの通常の巡礼者や観光客には比較的知られていません。
ここでは、バラガンバ王の女王に捧げられたソマワティ チャイティヤがまだ再建中です。その広大なレンガの塊は、未完成のまま青空に向かってそびえ立っています。その周りには古代の「シリ・パトゥラ」の石といくつかの石の変質板が展示されています。
ここで興味深いのは、ダンブッラ石窟寺院への古道がこの場所から続いていることです。 「ラジャ マワタ」と呼ばれるこの橋には、岩の上に彫刻が施された一連の石段が含まれています。この岩の上には、昔の王族が上にあるダンブッラの石窟寺院を礼拝するために歩いた階段が刻まれています。これらの岩段の側面に切り込まれた短い記録が発見されています。これらのいくつかは古代の王によるものです。解読されたそのような記録の1つは、「人間の王、クタカンナ・アバヤ王(紀元前41年~紀元前19年)が13歩の飛行を担当した」と記録している。
About Central Province
The Central Province of Sri Lanka consists primarily of mountainous terrain. The province has an area of 5,674 km², and a population of 2,421,148. Some major towns include Kandy, Gampola (24,730), Nuwara Eliya and Bandarawela. The population is a mixture of Sinhalese, Tamil and the Moors.
Both the hill capital Kandy and the city of Nuwara Eliya are located within the Central Province as well as Sri Pada. The province produces much of the famous Ceylon tea, planted by the British in the 1860s after a devastating disease killed all the coffee plantations in the province. Central Province attracts many tourists, with hill station towns such as Kandy, Gampola, Hatton and Nuwara Eliya. Temple tooth or Dalada maligawa is the main sacred place in Centrel province.
The climate is cool, and many areas about 1500 meters often have chilly nights. The western slopes are very wet, some places having almost 7000 mm of rain per year. The eastern slopes are parts of the mid-dry zone as it is receiving rain only from North-Eastern monsoon. The Temperatures range from 24°C at Kandy to just 16°C in Nuwara Eliya, which is located 1,889 m above sea level. The highest mountains in Sri Lanka are located in the Central Province. The terrain is mostly mountainous, with deep valleys cutting into it. The two main mountain regions are the central massif and the Knuckles range to the east of Kandy.