Kantale Wewa

Kantale Wewa is a reservoir located in Kantale in Trincomalee. As mentioned in the chronicles, this reservoir was built by King Aggabodhi II.
Kantale Wewa
Kantale Wewa (Sinhala: කන්තලේ වැව; Tamil: கந்தளாய் அணை) is a reservoir located in Kantale in Trincomalee District, Sri Lanka. History As mentioned in the chronicles, this reservoir is the ancient Gangatatavapi, also known as the Gangatalawewa tank built by King Aggabodhi II [(604-614 A.D.) Arumugam, 1969; Nicholas, 1963; Ray, 1959]. It was supplied by a canal 29 miles long which was issued from Minneriya Wewa (Ray, 1959). Although King Agghabodhi II built Kantale Wewa, the project was planned and the feeder canal was constructed during his predecessor's reign (Ray, 1959). The tank was improved by King Parakramabahu I (1153-1186 A.D.) in the 12th century A.D. (Arumugam, 1969). An inscription by Parakramabahu I mentions the length of the bund of Gangatala tank as 4300 riyan (Nicholas, 1963). King Nissankamalla (1187-1196 A.D.) built an alms hall named Parvati at Gangatala (also called Caturveda-Brahmapura) and declared the tank a sanctuary for animals (Nicholas, 1963). In the 13th ce…