Bomure Memorial | Place Where Sri Vikrama Rajasinha Was Captured

Bomure Memorial | Place Where Sri Vikrama Rajasinha Was Captured

Bomure Memorial (Sinhala: බෝමුරේ රාජසිංහ ස්මාරකය) is a commemorative pillar situated in Mada-mahanuwara village in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. It was erected in December 1908 by Robert Chalmers (a British Governor of Ceylon) in order to commemorate the capture of King Sri Vikrama Rajasinha (1798-1815 A.D.) at this site (Lewis, 1913; Rajapakse, 2016). Rajasinghe was the last king of Sri Lanka who was finally captured by the British on 18 February 1815 while he was hiding in a house at Udapitivala (Abeyawardana, 2004). Sir John D'Oyly, the 1st Baronet of Kandy (1814-1815 A.D.) reported this incident to the British Governor from the King's granary at Teldeniya on the day following the capture as follows (Seneviratna, 1983); Dear Sir, I have the sincerest joy in reporting to Your Excellency that the object of your anxious wishes is accomplished, and the King of Kandy is captive in our hands. He was surrounded yesterday by the people of Dumbara, in conjunction with some armed Kandyan…