Kurunegala - SRI LANKA
Kurunegala is a major city in Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of the North Western Province and the Kurunegala District. Kurunegala was an ancient royal capital for 50 years, from the end of the 13th century to the start of the 14th century. And also kurunegala is the 5th kingdom of Sri Lanka.
Kurunegala has been named after the Elephant rock "Kurune" means tusker or an elephant with protruding teeth and gala in sinhala means rock. Kurunei means tusker or an Elephant and gal in Tamil means rock or hill. Kurunegala's old name was Hasthishaila-pura, which can be translated as 'The City of the Elephant Rock' in sunskruth. In some ancient literature the word Athugal-pura is employed to describe the city of Kurunegala.
COUNTRY - Sri Lanka
PROVINCE - North Western Province
MAJOR CITY - Kurunegala
POSTAL CODE - 60000
AREA CODE - 037
HOW TRAVEL TO KURUNEGALA CITY & ATHUGALA
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