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| The village adjoining the bund of the reservoir. |
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| A hearth outside a tea boutique. |
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| The water channel leading water from the reservoir to the paddy fields. |
A villager living here is supposed to have brought Queen Vihara Maha Dewi, the mother of King Dutugemunu
- who reigned from 161 BC to 137 BC - , and surprised her by showing her this water reservoir which he claimed to have built single handed. The Queen had come on a visit to Mahiyangana. So many legends surround the building of this reservoir which fed a large area of paddy fields in Mahiyangana.
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