Gampola
Sign in to saveGampola (, ) is a town located in Kandy District, in Sri Lanka's Central Province. The town is governed by an Urban Council. Gampola was made the capital of the island by King Buwanekabahu IV, who ruled for four years in the mid-fourteenth century. The last king of Gampola was King Buwanekabahu V, who ruled the island for 29 years. A separate city was built in Kotte during this time by a noble known as Alagakkonara. The longest sleeping Buddha statue in South Asia is located in the Saliyalapura Temple, Gampola.
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- Locality
- Gampola
- Region
- Central Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Population
- 24,283
- Timezone
- Asia/Colombo
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Gampola
- Settlement.native_name
- ගම්පොලகம்பளை
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Gampola Town - Sri Lanka.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Gampola Skyline
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Central Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name
- Furkhan Hajiar
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 94.0
- Settlement.area_total_sq_mi
- 36.3
- Settlement.population_total
- 37,871
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.population_metro
- 91,716
- Settlement.timezone
- Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Attractions
- Demographics
- Geography
- Prehistoric period
- Historical period
- Archaeological sites
- Notable people
- References
Gampola (, ) is a town located in Kandy District, in Sri Lanka's Central Province. The town is governed by an Urban Council. Gampola was made the capital of the island by King Buwanekabahu IV, who ruled for four years in the mid-fourteenth century. The last king of Gampola was King Buwanekabahu V, who ruled the island for 29 years. A separate city was built in Kotte during this time by a noble known as Alagakkonara. The longest sleeping Buddha statue in South Asia is located in the Saliyalapura Temple, Gampola.
==Attractions== thumb|150px|left|Temple wood carvings Among the remnants of Gampola era, the most famous temples are Lankathilaka, Gadaladeniya and Embekka Devalaya. The ancient stone scripts (Shila Lekhana) of Lankathilaka temple helps to reveal a considerable amount of vital information regarding the Gampola era. The statue of Buddha of the temple indicates style of South Indian arts. The Ambekka Dewalaya possess a large collection of wood carvings, where no other temple in Sri Lanka owns such a collection.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gampola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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