Our village

 

                                  I have gone many places. But my favorite place is my village. It is a very beautiful village.  It is situated in Sabaragamuwa province, Kegalle district . It is a hilly area. Therefore , our village has serounded by the mountain class. Our village has situated in a ually. Kurulu oye is falling through our village. Our village belongs to wet zone. The average annual tempareture  is 30'C there and average annual rainfall is about 400mm . Therefore our village has a rich soil. A small pond is near our village 's river and Gonakanda forest situated behind our village. There is a big paddy field between our pond and forest . There are tea and rubber estates on one side of the river. 

                                                     Our villagers main cultivates are paddy , tea and rubber estates. But in addition to these every villager grows fruits and vegetables. There fore many of the villagers are farmers. But , there are few government officers also. There are above 500 families in our village. Most of them are Sinhala , Buddhist. But there are about 50 tamil, hindu families live in estates . About four muslim families also do business in the village. Our village is a very rich . Every person works hard. All of them are living happily and peacefully in harmony on the other hand. Our village is a historical village. It has anarciological value. King Valagamba had come to our village about 2000 years ago. He has built temples in our village. It is a 'Rajamaha Vihara'. There are many ruins , Local and foriegn visitors cometo visit it. Gonakanda forest is a trapical rainfall . There are many flora funa species endemic to Sri Lanka.