Bogoda Wooden Bridge

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The Bogoda Wooden Bridge was built in the 16th century during the Dambadeniya era. This is said to be the oldest surviving wooden bridge in Sri Lanka. The bridge is situated at 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of Badulla. All parts of this bridge were constructed from wood, including the use of wooden nails as fixing material. The roof tiles show the influence of Kingdom of Kandy. The bridge was built across the Gallanda Oya, which linked Badulla and Kandy on an ancient route.

The Bogoda bridge is over 400 years old and made entirely from wooden planks, which are said to have come from one tree. It is an exclusive construction as it has an 2.4 metres (7.9 ft) tall tiled roof structure for its entire span of nearly 15 metres (49 ft) length with a 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) breadth. Wooden fences of the bridge are decorated in various ancient designs and have been erected on either sides.

The structure of the bridge is standing on a huge tree trunk 11 metres (36 ft) in height. Jack fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) logs and Kumbuk (Terminalia arjuna) logs were mainly used as the constructive material of the bridge. Furthermore, Kaluwara (Diospyros ebenum) timber and Milla timber were used for the wooden decorations.

The Bogoda Buddhist temple is an ancient temple situated beside the Bogoda Wooden Bridge. The temple has a much longer history than the bridge. It is from the 1st century BC, during the period of the Anuradhapura era. The temple was built per the instructions of King Valagamba. The stone inscription by the temple, in Brahmin scripture, says the temple was donated to a priest called Brahmadatta by Tissa, a provincial leader in Badulla.

Inside of the temple were elaborate lovely paintings, bearing resemblance to the Kandyan era. The walls were built with a paste made of cotton wool, bee honey and extracted and purified white clay. The paintings were painted on this walls.

On 27 May 2011 Sri Lanka Post issued a Rs. 15 stamp with a photograph of the bridge, as part of a set of stamps commemorating bridges and culverts in Sri Lanka.


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Lugares especiais em Badulla

  • O Muthiyanganaya Raja Maha Viharaya fica no centro da cidade de Badulla. A história deste templo remonta à época de Buda, mas a área ao redor de Badulla data dos séculos XIX a XVIII a.C.

    Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara 

  • O Dowa Raja Maha Viharaya (Templo do Cabo Dowa) fica a poucos quilômetros da cidade de Bandarawela, na estrada Bandarawela-Badulla. Acredita-se que este templo tenha sido construído pelo Rei Walagamba no século I a.C.

    Dowa Raja Maha Viharaya 

  • A Ponte de Madeira de Bogoda foi construída no século XVI, durante a era Dambadeniya. Diz-se que é a ponte de madeira mais antiga ainda existente no Sri Lanka. A ponte está situada a 7 quilômetros (4,3 milhas) a oeste de Badulla.

    Ponte de madeira de Bogoda 

  • A cachoeira de Dunhinda está localizada a cerca de 5 km da cidade de Badulla. Com 63 metros de altura, é considerada uma das mais belas cachoeiras do Sri Lanka. Seu nome se deve à névoa que escorre das gotas de orvalho.

    Cachoeiras de Dunhinda 

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Sobre o distrito de Badulla

Badulla é a capital da província de Uva, no Sri Lanka. Localiza-se a sudeste de Kandy, quase totalmente cercada pelo rio Badulu Oya, a cerca de 680 metros acima do nível do mar e rodeada por plantações de chá. A cidade é dominada pela cordilheira de Namunukula. Badulla fica a aproximadamente 230 km de Colombo, nas encostas orientais das colinas centrais do Sri Lanka.

Badulla e seus arredores são altamente recomendados para The Uva Province is Sri Lanka's second least populated province, with 1,187,335 people, created in 1896. It consists of two districts called Badulla and Moneragala The provincial capital is Badulla. Uva is bordered by Eastern, Southern and Central provinces. Its major tourist attractions are Dunhinda Falls, Diyaluma Falls, Rawana Falls, the Yala National Park (lying partly in the Southern and Eastern Provinces) and Gal Oya National Park (lying partly in the Eastern Province). The Gal Oya hills and the Central Mountains are the main uplands, while the Mahaweli and Menik rivers and the huge Senanayake Samudraya and Maduru Oya Reservoirs are the major waterways in Uva province.ecoturistas, já que o Parque Nacional Horton Plains e as montanhas Knuckles ficam a poucas horas de distância.

Sobre a província de Uva

A província de Uva é a segunda menos populosa do Sri Lanka, com 1.187.335 habitantes, criada em 1896. É composta por dois distritos, Badulla e Moneragala. A capital provincial é Badulla. Uva faz fronteira com as províncias Oriental, Meridional e Central. Suas principais atrações turísticas são as Cataratas de Dunhinda, as Cataratas de Diyaluma, as Cataratas de Rawana, o Parque Nacional de Yala (que se estende parcialmente pelas províncias Meridional e Oriental) e o Parque Nacional de Gal Oya (que se estende parcialmente pela província Oriental). As colinas de Gal Oya e as Montanhas Centrais são as principais áreas de planalto, enquanto os rios Mahaweli e Menik e os enormes reservatórios de Senanayake Samudraya e Maduru Oya são os principais cursos d'água da província de Uva.

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