North Western Province

 North Western Province 

* About 

                 North Western Province is a province of Sri Lanka. It is the fourth-largest province by land area, covering 7,888 km², and the fourth-most populated province with a population of over 2,592,000 people. 

* The best places to visit in Kurunegala

• Sri Munneswaram Kovil

• Ridi Viharaya

• Ulpotha Yoga & Ayurveda Retreat (Prior Reservation Only)

• Yapahuwa Rock Fortress, Athugala Rock

• Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery - Polgahawela

• Baththalangunduwa, Kalpitiya Dutch Fort

• Kurunegala Lake

• Reswehera (Sesseruwa) Rajamaha Viharaya

* Kurunegala History

               Kurunegala was the Sinhalese capital in the early 14th century, and later the town served as a way station between Kandy, the new capital, and its port, Puttalam. The contemporary town is the commercial centre of a populous agricultural area that produces rice, rubber latex, spices, cocoa, and, especially, coconuts.

          Kurunegala had a citadel in the 13th century. Its ascendancy as an ancient capital of Sri Lanka began with a series of events that took place during the late 12th century at Yapahuwa. The sacred tooth relic which was in the Yapahuwa Kingdom was taken by an Aryacakravarti from the Jaffna Kingdom to the Pandyan country during the rule of Buwaneka Bahu I from 1272 to 1284.The relic was brought back by King Parakrama Bahu III who ruled from Kurunegala between 1287 and 1293. Over the next half a century Kurunegala was the capital and the governing centre for three other kings of Sri Lanka.