Sella Kataragama Devalaya Sella Kataragama Devalaya (Sinhala: සෙල්ල කතරගම දේවාලය) is a Hindu shrine situated in Sella Kataragama village in Badulla District, Sri Lanka. This place is not only venerated by Hindus but also by Buddhists. Sella Kataragama Devalaya is located at a short distance from the famous Kataragama Temple, a Devalaya complex dedicated to the Buddhist guardian deity Kataragama Deviyo who is also identified with the Hindu War God Murugan or Skanda Kumara. According to folklore, Skanda Kumara who landed in south Sri Lanka at Wedahitikanda took abode in Kataragama and met his consort Valli Amma at Sella Kataragama (Muller, 1997; Obeyesekere & Gombrich, 1989). Valli Amma was the daughter of a doe mother and hermit father and had been adopted by a Veddah chieftain. Some devotees who perform religious observances at Kataragama Temple proceed to Sella Kataragama Temple to honour the war god's consort (Muller, 1997). There are a number of stories about how Skanda Kumara met Valli Amma at Sella …