Bendiyamulla Tombstone of Karunaratne
The Bendiyamulla Tombstone is a monument located on the roadside of the Gampaha-Miriswatta highway about 1.2 km distance from the Gampaha Hospital. It has been erected to commemorate Karunaratne, a wealthy landowner.
Karunaratne
Don David Karunaratne was a politician and one of the wealthiest men in the Gampaha area. He was elected to Parliament at the 1st parliamentary election in 1947, representing the United National Party (UNP), for the Gampaha electorate. After the death of Karunaratne, his remains were deposited in a small stone-built house erected on a plot of land he owned.
Karunaratne is also popular for his social work. Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya and Gampaha Base Hospital are said to be established/developed with the help of Karunaratne. Agra Building
In the 1930s, Karunaratna constructed a palatial mansion called Agra, in Bendiyamulla. After the demise of Karunaratne, the property was inherited by his elder daughter but by the mid-1970s, there were no direct descendants…
