KANABISUNGE GALGE

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Kanabisunge galge, a cave in a remarkable state of preservation (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1983: 174), is one of the at least six –>Mandagala caves or modified natural rock shelters, if not man-made rock chambers with pre-Christian inscriptions chiselled on their rock faces. ETYMOLOGY: This -galge- … was said to be the abode of a blind queen, hence Kanabisunge galge (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1983: 174). SITUATION: Under a crag 200 feet [61 m] above the plains at the base of the –>Mandagala -caves- on the Mandagala rock in the Mandala range [note 1] (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1983: 174). CULTURAL HISTORY - rock art (mural paintings): The white-washed walls of this cave … are still intact. So are its two little windows and its door through which bear and leopard now stalk seeking shelter.Kanabisunge galge, a cave in a remarkable state of preservation (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1983: 174), is one of the at least six –>Mandagala caves or modified natural rock shelters, if not man-made rock chambers with pre-Christian inscriptions chiselled on their rock faces. ETYMOLOGY: This -galge- … was said to be the abode of a blind queen, hence Kanabisunge galge (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1983: 174). SITUATION: Under a crag 200 feet [61 m] above the plains at the base of the –>Mandagala -caves- on the Mandagala rock in the Mandala range [note 1] (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1983: 174). CULTURAL HISTORY - rock art (mural paintings): The white-washed walls of this cave … are still intact. So are its two little windows and its door through which bear and leopard now stalk seeking shelter.