Situated on the western edge of Maha Wewa tank, the Madampe Thaniwella Devalaya has a history linked to Prince Thaniya Wallabha of Kotte Kingdom.
Madampe Thaniwella Devalaya T haniwella Devalaya (Sinhala: මාදම්පේ තනිවැල්ල දේවාලය) is a Devalaya Shrine situated on the western edge of Maha Wewa (or Kudupity Wewa or Thinapitiya Wewa) in Madampe in Puttalam District, Sri Lanka. It has been dedicated to God Thaniya Wallabha (or Thaniwelle Bandara Deviyo), a local deity worshipped only in the Madampe area. History Madampe was a Gabadagama in the late 15th and early 16th century A.D. and Thaniya Wallabha (also known as Thaniyavallabahu), a son of King Vira Parakramabahu VIII (1490-1509 A.D.) of Kotte transformed the area into a semi-independent principality (Bell, 1920; De Silva, 1971; Suraweera, 1997). Several historical sources such as Rajavaliya and Alakeshwara Yuddhaya (The Battle of Alakeshwara) reveal that Prince Thaniya Wallabha reigned the principality of Katupity Madampe while his brother Sakalakala Wallabha lived in the Udugampola area [(read the article: Udugampola Ancient Pond ) Bell, 1920; Suraweera, 1997]. He with his brother at Udugampola once expelle…
