Ampara City
Ampara: District in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province, showcasing diverse landscapes, wildlife sanctuaries, historical sites, and cultural attractions, perfect for exploration and adventure.
Okanda Murugan Devalaya
Es wird angenommen, dass Okanda Devalaya am Kumana-Panama-Dschungelpfad liegt und der Ort ist, an dem Gott Skanda zum ersten Mal in einem goldenen Boot nach Sri Lanka segelte. Das in einen Felsen verwandelte Boot steht noch immer am Strand von Okanda, der allen als „Ran Oru Gala“ bekannt ist.
Der Tempel wird von vielen ohne Unterschied einer Religion, Rasse oder Glaubensrichtung verehrt. Der Ursprung des Tempels ist unbekannt, obwohl in der Nähe Spuren eines alten Klosters zu finden sind. Archäologen glauben, dass die Lage des Tempels in der Nähe des alten Hafens von Okanda seine Bedeutung erhöht hätte, da viele Seefahrer vor und nach einer Reise seine Hilfe suchten.
Surfpunkt Okanda – 17 km
About Ampara District
Ampara is belongs to the Eastern Province. of Sri Lanka It is a remote city on the East Coast of Sri Lanka, about 360 km from the capital city of Colombo.Ampara is the largest paddy harvesting province in the country, and has the Indian Ocean on the east coast of Sri Lanka as a fisheries resource. Most of the civilians are Sinhala, while Tamils and Moors also live in the coastal parts of the district.
About Eastern Province
The Eastern Province is one of the 9 provinces of Sri Lanka. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but they didn't have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. Between 1988 and 2006 the province was temporarily merged with the Northern Provincee to form the North-East Province. The capital of the province is Trincomalee. The Eastern province's population was 1,460,939 in 2007. The province is the most diverse in Sri Lanka, both ethnically and religiously.
Eastern province has an area of 9,996 square kilometers (3,859.5 sq mi).The province is surrounded by the Northern Province to the north, the Bay of Bengal to the east, the Southern Province to the south, and the Uva, Central and North Central provinces to the west. The province's coast is dominated by lagoons, the largest being Batticaloa lagoon, Kokkilai lagoon, Upaar Lagoon and Ullackalie Lagoon.