Kimbulwana Wewa is a reservoir near Lenawa village in Kurunegala. It is thought to be the ancient Kumbalaka tank built by King Mahasena (276-301 A.D.)
Kimbulwana Wewa K imbulwana Wewa , also known as Neeramulle Wewa (Sinhala: කිඹුල්වානා වැව, නීරමුල්ලේ වැව), is a reservoir near Lenawa village in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. History Local Chronicles such as Mahavamsa, Pujavaliya and Rajavaliya records that King Mahasena (276-301 A.D.) of Anuradhapura built the Kumbalaka tank, also called Kimbulwana (Nicholas, 1963). This tank is believed to be the same as the Kumbhilasobbhaka tank restored by both King Vijayabahu I (1055-1110 A.D.) and King Parakramabahu I (1153-1186 A.D.) of Polonnaruwa (Nicholas, 1963). The present tank on the Kimbulwana Oya near Lenawa is thought to be the same tank that is mentioned in chronicles (Nicholas, 1963). It is said that the present tank was created by restoration of an ancient tank impounding the waters of Kimbulwana Oya, a tributary of Deduru Oya River (Arumugam, 1969). The Reservoir Kimbulwana Wewa is one of the tanks in the Deduru Oya River Basin. The reservoir bund is about 2,600 m long and has a storage capacity of 3,4…
