Kataragama is situated in the Uva province of Sri Lanka. Kataragama is a sacred place for Buddhists. South Indian people also go there to worship. Kataragama is situated in the monaragala district and the distance between Colombo to Kataragama is 228 kilometers.
Kataragama deviyo also is known as Skanda kumara. Thousands of devotees visit kataragama daily. Kataragama deviyo is identified with god Skanda of Hindu tradition who is called Murugan by the Tamil people.
[envira-gallery id=”5261″]According to history ruhunu kataragama maha devalaya was built by king datusena. Kataragama is a very interesting historical valuable place in Sri Lanka.
