Medagoda Pattini Devalaya Medagoda Pattini Devalaya (Sinhala: මැදගොඩ පත්තිනි දේවාලය) is a Devalaya Shrine situated near the right bank of Kelani Ganga River in Medagoda village in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. It has been dedicated to Goddess Pattini, the patron goddess of fertility and health. History The tradition says that King Rajasinha I (b.1532-d.1593) of Sitawaka endowed this temple to fulfil a vow (Bell, 1904). According to folklore, the king who was on his way to Ruwanwella one day through his royal Angula which was riding upstream of Keleni Ganga River couldn't pass the rapids near the temple (Bell, 1904). The king thereupon landed and invoked the aid of the goddess at her shrine and after that, the king could pass the rapids without any difficulty (Bell, 1904). A copper plate charter granted to the temple by King Rajasinha I in Saka year 1499 (1577 A.D.) reveals that the king donated 4 Pelas' extent of land for the uninterrupted continuation of the necessary offerings and ceremonies of the shr…