Panavitiya Ambalama Description Panavitiya Ambalama is an ambalama situated in Sri Lanka. An ambalama is a place constructed for pilgrims, traders and travellers to rest. Panavitiya Ambalama is a place famous for its ornate wood carvings which are regarded to be on par with those at Embekka Devalaya, Lankathilaka and Gadaladeniya Viharaya

Situated in the rural area, middle of a village. Re build in the 1960 & 2016. The engravings of wood can be seen every place of the ambalam. In the past it has been fixed the roof by "pol athu", after the re build bricks are used for the roof. Engravings are aslo drew after the re build on the old woods and some of them has been added. Environment is well maintained but there is no vechical parking space.

Ambalama is a resting place for travellers in ancient days. It has enormous wood carvings. The Panavitiya ambalama has been dated to the 18th century. The Archeologycal department has renovated it. It is believed that the ambalama may have stood as a rest hall enroute to an ancient foot path leading from Dambadeniya to Kurunegala and Yapahuwa.

(Translated by Google) Route: If you come to Colombo 5 (B308) road, Giriulla and then after Dambadeniya go 6.5 km to Dangolla road to Randi Motors. There you can see the Panavitiya Ambalama Archaeological Sanctuary. If you come from Kurunegala, you can go 6 km from Narammala and turn to the Dangolla Road to the right from Malsandi near Randi Motors. There you can see the Panavitiya Ambalama Archaeological Sanctuary. Go back to Dangolla on the road and go 1.5 km along the paddy field of the Ambalama Pannawitiya named as the name of the archeological name at Kajugas junction. After that it will be 1 km further and the right side will be located at the Sri Jayatilekaraamaya Viharaya. From there, you can see the Panavitiya Ambalama on the right side of another 100 meters. This road is in a dilapidated condition at Udawela Road from the Matiyagane junction close to the Dangolla junction on the Negombo Road. If you move further 800m from it after passing the Ambalama of Panawiya, you can see the ancient Tampita Viharaya in Mahamuni. How to find this is a hidden treasure in a secret village in the Kurunegala district. Panavitiya Ammbalama is an archaeological site under the archaeological department. How to go there: 6.5 km from Dambadeniya town to the mainland. (Negombo-Kurunegala road.) Turn left to Dangolla road near Randi Motors. 6km from Narammala town towards Negombo side. (Negombo-Kurunegala road.) Turn right to Dangolla road near Randi Motors. Go 1.5 km from Randi motors to Kajugashandiya Juction and turn to left. You can see the archeological direction board of Panaviti Ambalama. Follow the Panavitiya Ammalama road until Sri Jayathilakaramaya Temple. After 100m. You can find it in your right side of the road. Its 1.2 km from Kajugas handiya junction. (Original) ගමන් මාර්ගය: කොලඹ සිට මාර්ග අoක 5 (B308) මාර්ගයේ පැමිණෙන්නේ නම් ගිරිඋල්ල සහ ඉන්පසුව දඹදෙණිය නගරය පසුකර කිමී 6.5 ක් ගොස් රන්දි මෝටර්ස් අසලින් වමට ඇති දන්ගොල්ල පාරට හැරෙන්න. පනාවිටිය අම්බලම පුරාවිද්‍යා නාමපුවරුව එතැනදී ඔබට දැකගත හැකිය. කුරුණෑගල නගරයේ සිට පැමිණෙන්නේ නම් නාරම්මල පසුකොට කිමී 6ක් ගොස් රන්දි මෝටර්ස් අසලින් ඇති මන්සන්දියෙන් දකුනට ඇති දන්ගොල්ල පාරට හැරෙන්න. පනාවිටිය අම්බලම පුරාවිද්‍යා නාමපුවරුව එතැනදී ඔබට දැකගත හැකිය. නැවත දන්ගොල්ල පාරේ කිමී 1.5ක් ගොස් කජුගස් හන්දියේ පනාවිටිය අම්බලම පුරාවිද්‍යා නාමපුවරව අසලින් වමට හැරෙන්න. ඉන්පසු තවත් කිමී 1ක් ගියපසු දකුණු පසින් ශ්‍රී ජයතිලකාරාමය විහාරය හමුවේවි. එතැන සිට තවත් මීටර් 100කින් පමණ පාරේ දකුණු පසින් ඔබට පනාවිටිය අම්බලම දැකගත හැක. මීගමු පාරේ, දන්ගොල්ල හන්දියට නුදුරින් ඇති මැටියගනේ හන්දියෙන් ඇති උඩවෙල පාරෙන්ද මෙතැනට ලගා වියහැකි වුවත් එම පාර අබලන්ව ඇත. පනාවිටිය අම්බලම පසුකොට එතැන් සිට තවත් මී 800 ක් පමණ ඉදිරියට ගියහොත් මහාමුණි පැරණි ටැම්පිට විහාරය පුරාවිද්‍යා ස්ථානයද දැකගත හැකිය. How find this is a hidden treasure in a hidden village in Kurunegala district. Panavitiya Ammbalama is a archaeology site under archaeological department. How to go there: 6.5 km from Dambadeniya town towards Kurunegala side. (Negombo-Kurunegala road.) Turn left to Dangolla road near Randi Motors. 6km from Narammala town towards Negombo side. (Negombo-Kurunegala road.) Turn right to Dangolla road near Randi Motors. Go 1.5 km from Randi motors to Kajugashandiya Juction and turn to left. You can see the archaeological direction board of Panavitiya Ambalama. Follow the Panavitiya Ammalama road until Sri Jayathilakaramaya Temple. After 100m. You can find it in your right side of the road. Its 1.2 km from Kajugas handiya junction.

Nice place to visit and see interesting wood carvings

The Panavitiya Ambalama(resting place) is dated back to 18th century AD and it was located near the old foot path from Dambadeniya to Kurunegala and Yapahuwa. The wood carvings of the ambalama is amazing. Exquisitely carved rectangular squares half way on the pillars showed off mythical creatures, floral designs and scenes from every day life including wrestlers, musicians, dancers, acrobats, persons greeting each other, persons chatting etc. It was recently resorted by the Department of Archaeology. #LetsRecordMonuments

Great place to visit .you can see oldest wood carving Sri Lanka. This is belongs to dambadeniya kingdom

The historical place. And very beautyfull naturel wood build .

This ambalama is situated in the village of Panavitiya in the Mayuravati Korale of the Devamedi-hatpatthuva of the District of Kurunegala. This attractive ambalama situated in the middle of a paddy field in a beautiful setting can be seen in the village of Panavitiya which can be reached after travelling about 3 miles on a gravel road turning left at the Metiyagane junction which is on the right of the town of Narmmala on the Dambadeniya – Anuradhapura road. It is mentioned in the Archaeological Report of 1961 that the roof of this ambalama had been thatched with straw and many of the carved logs had been decayed. However, a fairly good number of carvings which bear ample testimony to the craftsmanship of the ancient Sinhalese wood carver had been preserved in a reasonably good condition.  It was Mr. Charles Godakumbura who took the initiative to conserve it. The Department of Archaeology has restored it to its original form and by today, some of its pillar caps can be seen in a simpler form than they were in the past. According to the 1962-63 Administrative Report of the Department of Archaeology, it was restored in that manner with plain carvings since it would take a longer time to replace the decorative carvings and more expensive to replace them in the original form. Therefore, it is essential for anyone who undertakes a study of the wood carvings of this ambalama to refer to the Archaeological Administrative Report. Panavitiya ambalama is the best example of its type in Sri Lanka with the highest number of exquisitely carved wood work which reflect the foremost and the most excellent techniques of wood carving. It is believed that this ambalama was erected in the 18th century or earlier.

Ancient historical place - Dambadeniya kingdom . Parking are Available for few vehicles.now there is an Archaeology office

One of the well preserved ambalama with magnificent wood carvings

Good historical place in Sri lanka. With great wood finishing cottage .

(Translated by Google) C. It is considered to belong to the 18th century. The special feature is engraving of timber posts. This is why this is identified as an amalvam for the elites, not ordinary people. (Original) ක්‍රි.ව. 18 වැනි සියවසට අයත්යැයි සැලකේ. මෙහි ඇති විශේෂත්වය වනුයේ දැව කනු වල කැටයම් කර තිබීමයි. මේ නිසා මෙය සාමාන්‍ය ජනයාට නොව ප්‍රභූ වරැන් වෙනුවෙන් වෙන්වූ අම්බලමක් ලෙස හදුනාගෙන ඇත.

A ancient place in Sri Lanka naka

"Ambalama" is a place where it provide free accommodation to the travelers, generally most of the "Ambalema" are located near to a road. The complete structure of Panavitiya Ambalama is made by wood on stone pillars. Must see place in Sri Lanka

Old memories good for tourists

Very old wooden man made place..

Historical place

One of the best carved Ambalama

Ancient place

Well maintained place.

Antiant valuable

This is a historical place in sri lanka. And its located near kurunagala. Its a wooden make ancient living place.. specially this place having very creative wood carvings. Try to visit this place and its give u more knowledge about our sri Lankan ancient wood carvings.

This place is of ancient value