Wedasiti kanda



 Wedasiti Kanda


Wedihiti Kanda (Wedahiti Kanda) is a rocky mountain located about 3.5 km from the famous Kataragama Devalaya.

Lets study about the history of this ancient place 

It is said that the prince Dutugemunu made a wow to the Deity Kataragama to make a grandeur devale once he wins over the invador Elara who was ruling from Anuradhapura. After the war, the king came to Kataragama and on his way met the Daity Kataragama at the top of the Wedasiti Kanda.

The king inquired where he would like the new shrine to be built. He then  took the bow and a arrow and asked that the shrine to built on the place the arrow falls and shot a arrow to the air. The arrow fell on the ground where the Kataragama Devalaya lies today where the first devalaya was built by King Dutugemunu.





More divoties are going to worship wedasiti kanda on 18th of february.Because it is shivarathri day.

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