History Of Alawathugoda Village

     After 1750 with in King 2^nd Rajasingha’s era some people came to Alawathugoda from Harispaththuwa. First they came to Walapane and after they came to Alawathugoda. Before the 1600 Alawathugoda have had residence. We can find out  many  witnesses relative to the ancient  human residence  of Alawathugoda feather more in the time of  before 1600 A D the to Udamala mountain had being move the elephants very often because there are two pleases in the main entrance of Udamala mountain called Eth oluwa  means elephants head and Eth maga  means the way of the elephants roaming

       Feather more there is there a place called Monara marapu ulpatha means the  water fountain which was there a peacock and kill it in there

      The meaning of the name of  the village of the Alawathugoda there was an endemic verity of  the potatoes were produce to the local community that verity

of  the potatoes too a pure  red colour and it was a very tasteful variety not only potatoes but also the garlic and red onion and other verities  of spices which indeed to the day today domestic needs were grown by the  village farmers

       Because of the great patriotic  arms up rising of 1818 A D against to the British colonizing of the up country  Because of the brutal attempts took by the British army for

       For over throw the same rising they put fire to the faddy field and grass roofed houses of the farmers so the farmers flee to the place called Narabootagala the place which  means the people hidden inside of the top of the mountain  its today called Udamala and other place called Alakolagala means the hidden people grow the endemic variety of yams for their needs that plase today called Nasdanda.

        In the village of Alawathugoda mainly  there  the Ramanayake  generation  only

There were three group of families of Alawathugoda Heenkiribanda’s family of Pansalakotuwa  Mahakiribanda’s  family of Goradiyagolla  and Ratthane  

 

           Before 1850 in the village  part of the Ratthane there lived two brothers called Ratthane Rala and Ratthane Punchirala. Punchirala  was unmarried and lived in the temple and every lands belongs to him were donated to the temple and raththane Rala’s children were Appurala and Hinhamy . There Swere no male children to Hinhamy although Appurala had two sons they were Badderala and Kiribanda

            Appurala was died in 1850 decay and then the elders son of Appurala Badderala got the money from his mother to pay the Government taxes although he got those money to smuggling and then government agent decide to put those land into the government auction and then Badderala went out from the village the monk of the village temple paid the taxes to the government and got the land to the temples ownership.

            Kiribanda’s sons were Sudubanda, Heenbanda, Siribaddhana, Appuhami, Suduappo and Muthubanda. Appuhamy is my (web designer) grandfather and he was born in 1901.

          In the middle of 19^th century Alawathugoda have had only two tiled roof. First one is Madaulugedara and other one is Pahalaulugedara. The masons and carpenters came to build up those from Ambalangoda. On those days Rs.750 cost for build up Madaulugedara. In 1983 Madaulugedara was broken. Some people need the valuable wood from the ancient house of Madaulugedara so 1980 dekay times were few owners their for the Madaulugedara. They decide to broken and having the wood. The house age was more than 100 years.