Lenagala

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified cave or rock shelter (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 254; 1983: 256). ETYMOLOGY: The Sinhala -lenagala- is compounded of -lena- (cave) and -gala- (rock) and possibly means a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass with one or several caves or rock shelters. SITUATION: CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 254; 1983: 256) places Lenagala in Kegalla district and somewhere in the vicinity of Warakapola (note 1) and thus in an area where we find the villages of Lenagala, Lenagala Ihala, and Lenagala Pahala (note 2).An unspecified cave or rock shelter (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 254; 1983: 256). ETYMOLOGY: The Sinhala -lenagala- is compounded of -lena- (cave) and -gala- (rock) and possibly means a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass with one or several caves or rock shelters. SITUATION: CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 254; 1983: 256) places Lenagala in Kegalla district and somewhere in the vicinity of Warakapola (note 1) and thus in an area where we find the villages of Lenagala, Lenagala Ihala, and Lenagala Pahala (note 2).