Ulpange (Kandy)
The Ulpange , also known as Queens Bathing Pavilion (Sinhala: උල්පැන්ගේ), is located on the edge of Kandy Lake , to the south of the Temple of the Tooth Relic , Sri Lanka. History The Ulpange is thought to have been constructed in 1806 by King Sri Vikrama Rajasinha (1798-1815 A.D.), the last king of Sri Lanka (Abeyawardana, 2004; Prematilleke, 1986). It was the bathing pool/bathhouse of the queens originally built with stone (Jayasuriya,, 2016). However, after the British captured the Kandyan Kingdom in 1815, the pool was filled and cemented by them to accommodate various official and commercial quarters (Prematilleke, 1986; Rajapakse, 2016). By adding another story, the British converted the building in 1828 into a library named "United Service Library" (Abeyawardana, 2004; Jayasuriya,, 2016; Rajapakse, 2016). Although the original building was altered, the British managed to retain the traditional Kandyan appearance on it (Jayasuriya,, 2016). Excavations The cemented and tiled f…
