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The Mahaweli River (Sinhalese: මහවැලි ගඟ, literally "Great Sandy River"; Tamil: மகாவலி ஆறு [mahawali gangai]), is a 335 km (208 mi) long river, ranking as the longest river in Sri Lanka. Its drainage basin is the largest in the country, and covers almost one-fifth of the total area of the island. The river reaches the Bay of Bengal on the southwestern side of Trincomalee Bay. The bay includes the first of a number submarine canyons, making Trincomalee one of the finest deep-sea harbors in the world. The river and its tributaries are dammed at several locations to allow irrigation in the dry zone, with almost 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi) of land irrigated. Production of hydroelectricity from six dams of the Mahaweli system supplies more than 40% of Sri Lanka's electricity needs. One of the many sources of the river is the Kotmale Oya.
There is a misconception in Sri Lanka that the Mahaweli starts in the Sri Pada mountain. The Mahaweli gets its source waters from Hortain Plains in Kirigalpoththa and the Thotupola mountain range.
Sri Lanka (/sriːˈlɑːŋkə, -ˈlæŋkə/ or i/ʃriː-/;Sinhalese - ශ්රී ලංකාව, Tamil Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and known from the beginning of British colonial rule until 1972 as Ceylon (/sᵻˈlɒnˌ seɪ-ˌ siː-/), is an island country in South Asia near south-east India.
Sri Lanka has maritime borders with India to the northwest and the Maldives to the southwest. Its documented history spans 3,000 years, with evidence of pre-historic human settlements dating back to at least 125,000 years. Its geographic location and deep harbours made it of great strategic importance from the time of the ancient Silk Road through to World War II.
A diverse and multicultural country, Sri Lanka is home to many religions, ethnic groups, and languages. In addition to the majority Sinhalese, it is home to large groups of Sri Lankan and Indian Tamils, Moors, Burghers, Malays, Kaffirs and the aboriginal Vedda. Sri Lanka has a rich Buddhist heritage, and the first known Buddhist writings of Sri Lanka, the Pāli Canon, dates back to the Fourth Buddhist council in 29 BC. The country's recent history has been marred by a thirty-year civil war which decisively ended when Sri Lankan military defeated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 2009.
Pundit Amaradeva's classic tribute to river Mahaweli written beautifully by the legendary lyricist Mahagama Sekara. Sekara wrote many classics including 'Rathna deepa janma bhoomi' and passed away in 1976 at the age of just 46.
A detail description of Victoria Project under Mahaweli Development Project. I believe facts which has been shared in the video is true and correct. Special thanks should goes to Mahaweli Authority and Mr. Gunasena Hettige the person who did this presentation.
මහාවැලී මහාවැලී මහවැලි මහවැලි මහාවැලී සිරිපද ලස සමනොළ සිරසේ සිඹ සිඹ සිහිලස විඳ සොඳසේ ලෙලී දිලී ගලා බසී මහවැලි මහවැලි මහාවැලී ගිරි කුළු විනිවිද නව මං මතුකොට නව ලොවකට ඔබ ගලා බසී අතීත රජ රට සිරිසර ඇසහැර ඔබ එන තුරු මග බලා හිඳී මහ වැව් බැඳි පෙර රජ දරුවෝ ඔබගෙන් යළි නව පණ ලැබුවෝ ලෙලී දිලී ගලා බසී මහවැලි මහවැලි මහාවැලී සිරි දුව හෙට මෙහි වඩිනා මඟුලට මග පාදා පියවිලි අතුරා ඔබ බැස එනු දැක හිනැහෙයි සිරි ලක අනාගතය කිරි දිය උතුරා සිරිපද ලස සමනොළ සිරසේ සිඹ සිඹ සිහිලස විඳ සොඳසේ ලෙලී දිලී ගලා බසී මහවැලි මහවැලි මහාවැලී සංගීතය- ගායනය = අමරදේවයන් පද රචනය මහගමසේකර -uploaded in HD at http://www.TunesToTube.com
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Describes the problem of unauthorised construction on the river
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BORDERLANDS T : 4410110, 2504602, M : 0777588370 E : info@discoverborderlands.com, www.discoverborderlands.com The Mahaweli is the largest river in Sri Lanka and half of this 70 Kms expedition runs through the Wasgamuwa National Park. Borderlands conducts the only wilderness kayak tours down this hidden jewel of a river and welcome you to join us for a trip of a life time. We provide all equipment, experienced guide, first-aid kits, food and drinks for the duration of the trip.
Mahaweli River is the longest river in Srilanka which flows at the vicinity of the University of Peradeniya. Bank erosion has been identified as one of the major potential risks faced by the university community. Approximately 2.4 km length is bounded by the Mahaweli River along University land. The identified area (Both left and right banks) is basically used by the community of University of Peradeniya. Close to the right bank lies hostels, University administration building, Gymnasium and Faculty of Agriculture. In addition to that left bank is utilized mainly by the commercial community of Peradniya town. Also about 1.6 km from Peradeniya along Gampola road, right bank is utilized for Mewathura water treatment plant. Owing to these facts safeguarding the bank against erosion is of impo...
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Mahiyanganaya is a town situated close to the Mahaweli River in Badulla District, Uva Province of Sri Lanka. It is said that Gautama Buddha visited Mahiyanganaya on the full moon Poya day of January in order to settle a dispute arose between Yakkas and Nagas (two tribes then inhabited this area) and this was his first ever visit to Sri Lanka. Then the Buddha preached Dhamma to Sumana Saman, a leader in this area, to whom the Buddha gave a handful of his hair relic so that people could worship. After that Sumana Saman (now the god Sumana Saman) built a golden chethiya in which the sacred hair relic was deposited. Later on about seven chethiyas were built over the original golden chethiya from time to time, the last one being built by the King Dutugemunu. As such, this historic town is a ver...
Pijani koraci u zoru
i svadja preko puta
cadjavim Cirom prema moru
sitna meza a rakija ljuta
Kisobrane popravljam
netko vice u ljetnom danu
moj poklon za njen rodjendan
prvi skok s kuce pod branu
Cuvarkuca na kapiji
u svijetlo plavom loncu
peraci peru ulice
i djeca na Vasingtoncu
Budjenje bez mljekara
k'o noc bez ljubavi
bez raspjevanih postara
pismo ne dolazi
Ref. 2x
Dobra moja mahala
kao da je zaspala
zaspala i umrla
Kukuruzi i kestenje
mirisu ispred ljetnog kina
volim rane jeseni i kad me ljubis
poslije puno vina
Im'o pa nem'o sada znam
je kletva najveca
al' me nikad nece biti sram
onog sto osjecam