Kadugannawa Ambalama is a wayside rest which is situated along the Colombo – Kandy Road, a few meters before the Kadugannawa pass. Built during the British colonial rule in the early 19th century, the ambalama is a famous stopover for horsemen and merchants traveling towards ancient hill capital of Kandy from various other parts of the country. The structure of the ambalama represents the Kandyan architecture and is designated as an archaeological protected monument.

This place had historical value. National heritage of Sri Lanka. Very old ‘AMBALAMA’ (resting place) rehabilitated by Ministry of Tourism, Sri Lanka .

Ancient and historic place which runs as long as Kandyan kingdom days. This is a national heritage location. Good old days climbing along this Kadugannawa road might be tedious task and the place had been used for resting.

This is one of the Historical Place in Pahala Kadugannawa, This is known as Ambalama (Rest Place) where people Rest while Traveling by This Way, this is not in use now millions of people passing this many of them don’t know about this historical place. Should maintain this properly. Nowadays everywhere they paint walls and all but this ambalama still with old paint, if anyone seeing this plz consider about this.❤️

Renovated and conserved by the Department of Archeology, this Ambalama (Resting Place) is a historical landmark of the Colombo-Kandy highway. Ambalama was used in ancient times where the main mode of transport was by foot. The commuters travelling long distances used to stopover for meals, snacks, resting, during bad weather and specially overnight. This Ambalama was used by thousands of commuters travelling between the Kingdom of Kandy and Colombo commercial hub, specially during the colonial era. It is worth to stop for 15 minutes to observe the remains of an ancient transport tradition in Ceylon and understand the drastic development in transport with the invention of wheels, fossil fuels and engineering. For authorities - not enough parking, packs details of the place, should be open and allowed access inside, you can even open a little restaurant with authentic local food and tea. Another missed opportunity to promote tourism and earn forex.

This is a National heritage location.An ancian pieriod there were so many AMBALAM (Rest House) available at the country

"Kadugannawa Ambalama (Sinhala:කඩුගන්නාව අම්බලම) is a historic wayside rest that is found – on the left, when traveling from Colombo to Kandy,[2] a few metres before the Kadugannawa Hairpin turn aka Kadugannawa pass. Built in the early 19th century during the British colonial rule in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka),[3] the Ambalama is now more than 200 years old [4] A popular stopover for horsemen and merchants traveling from the lowlands to the ancient hill capital Kandy, this structure resembles the Kandyan Era architecture and is of archaeological value. It was renovated by the Ministry of Tourism under the technical guidance of the Department of Archeology at a cost of Rs. 300,000.00[5] and now this structure is considered a national heritage item of Sri Lanka."(Wikipedia)

you can see this when traveling from Colombo to Kandy on your left.Ambalama is now more than 200 years old. A national heritage item of Sri Lanka. Other side of the ambalama you can see a staircase from that you can visit ti a Anciant temple built by King walagamaba.

One of the ancient historical place in Sri lanka, Still maintaining as it was, it useful place to explain the purpose of this Ambalama & how hard to travel those early days by our old generation to our new young generation. We should protect & Support to prevent & Maintain these type of places in sri Lanka

Nice place to stop and take a break.

Kadugannawa. I recommend you to Stop here and enjoy the view! (Especially during sunsets) and have some snacks from nearby stores.

The paint is showing signs of aging and the gate is closed inside. But you can easily jump it. The location can use some maintenance. Don't get me wrong, its clean but aging. The surrounding view is not the best near the ambalama. You could park about 1 KM above and come walking down for some finishing shots. What rest houses are today this was so back in the old days. What we take for granted today was luxury not so far ago.

Good

A good place to be

👍

Good shop

Should visit on the way to Kandy...

Historical place

A public place for relaxing and refreshing used in the olden days

Nice place

Mesmerism Sr Lanka. View from Kadugannawa Ambalama.

When travelling towards Kandy on the Colombo – Kandy main road running from Colombo to Kandy, this Ambalama can be seen on the left side of the famous Kudukannawa Hill. Ambalam is a place used in the past as a place to rest and spend the night when having long journey. The building dates back to the Kandyan era and is about 200 years old. This building has an archaeological value and it  has been renovated by the Ministry of Tourism according to the supervision and technical instructions of the Department of Archeology. Kadugannawa Ambalama which is considered as a National Heritage in Sri Lanka.

Ambalamas are traditional resting places built by locals to accommodate wayfarers who were traveling to distant places. The Ambalama at Kadugannawa is one such structure built during the British period [(1815-1948).The Kadugannawa Ambalama is an old wayside rest in the village of Kadugannawa in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. Kadugannawa Ambalama in Pahala Kadugannawa Village in the Mahakadurawa Grama Niladhari Division of the Mawanella Divisional Secretary’s Division is an archaeological protected monument, declared by a government gazette notification published on 22 July 2011.

Nice view 👌love this place

The opposite rotti place is nice. Ala kola curry. Polos curry. Nai miris.

Kadugannawa Ambalama (Sinhala:කඩුගන්නාව අම්බලම) is a historic wayside rest that is found – on the left, when traveling from Colombo to Kandy, a few metres before the Kadugannawa Hairpin turn aka Kadugannawa pass. Built in the early 19th century during the British colonial rule in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), the Ambalama is now more than 200 years old. A popular stopover for horsemen and merchants traveling from the lowlands to the ancient hill capital Kandy, this structure resembles the Kandyan Era architecture and is of archaeological value. It was renovated by the Ministry of Tourism under the technical guidance of the Department of Archeology at a cost of Rs. 300,000.00 and now this structure is considered a national heritage item of Sri Lanka.

One of the old place in Sri Lanka. Oldest Ambalama was rebuilt after a lorry hit the building.

Historical land mark near miyula restaurant

I like this place, it's an ancient place was founded by archaeology department as one of the oldest 'Ambalama. Nowadays also ppl use this for hv food n take rest while passing kadugannawa. (Plz be kind enough of to Keep this place clean)

Millions of people travel in front of this place , should maintain and secure more than this

Pahala Kadungannawa Ambalama Pahala Kadungannawa Ambalama is a historical wayside rest come across at Colombo-Kandy road just before Kadungannawa tunnel. It was built at 19th century and it was a popular stopover for horsemen and merchants travelling from low lands to Kandy. It resembles Kandyan era architecture and currently renovated by Ministry of tourism. Dr.Niroshan

Spooky but a nice tourist attraction

Nice view poit, historical place,

Ancient rest room used by local people who have traveling in the hill country

Good place

Nice place

(Translated by Google) Hunnasgiriya (Original) Hunnasgiriya

(Translated by Google) This Ambalama can be seen on the left hand side of the Colombo-Kandy main road as it is in the middle of Kadugannawa hill and if you are traveling towards Kandy. Built during the British colonial rule in the early nineteenth century, this Ambalama is a popular lodge on the way to the upcountry capital Kandy. Another archeological site in Kandy, built in the style of architecture, is an archeological site. A few years ago, the front of a vehicle was re-preserved. (Original) කොළබ මහනුවර ප්‍රධාන මාර්ගයේ කඩුගන්නාව කන්ද මැද කොටස වනවාත් සමගම නුවර දෙසට ගමන් ගන්නා අයෙකුට නම් මාර්ගයේ වම් පැත්තේ පිහිටි මෙම අම්බලම දැකගත හැකිය. දහනමවන ශතවර්ෂයේ මුල් භාගයේ බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය යටත් විජිත පාලන සමයේ ඉදිකර ඇති මෙම අම්බලම උඩරට අගනුවර වන මහනුවර දෙසට ගමන්කරන විට ප්‍රසිද්ධ නවාතැන්පළකි. මහනුවර ගෘහනිර්මාණ ශිල්පයට අනුව ඉදිකර ඇති තවත් සිත් ඇදගන්නා සුන්දර පරිසරයක පිහිටා ඇති පුරාවිද්‍යා සංරක්ෂණයට පත්ව ඇති ස්ථානයකි.වසර කිහිපයකට පෙර වාහනයක් හප්පා ඉදිරි කොටස නැවත සංරක්ෂනය කරඇත.

(Translated by Google) Kadugannawa Ambalama is one of the few remaining Ambalams in Sri Lanka. This "Ambalama" is located in a beautiful location on the road from Colombo to Kandy (in the past on the lowland to Kandyan road). Named the Archaeological Site, it is not currently used for lodging and is of great importance in the study of ancient society. Kadugannawa Ambalama is one of the few remaining Ambalams in Sri Lanka. This "Ambalama" is located at a beautiful event on the road from Colombo to Kandy (in the past on the lowland to upcountry road). Named the Archaeological Site, it is not currently used for lodging and plays an important role in the study of past society. (Original) ලංකාවේ දැනට ඉතිරිව ඇති අම්බලම් අතුරින් , මෙම කඩුගන්නාව අම්බලම ප්‍රසිද්ධ වන අතර, අතීතයේ දී කරත්ත හො පයින් ගමන් කිරීමේ දී රැය පහන් කිරීම ට, විඩාව මගහරවා ගැනීමට ගිම්හාන හලක් ලෙස මෙය භාවිතා විය. කොළඹ සිට මහනුවර දක්වා ( අතිතයේ පහතරට සිට කන්ද උඩරට මාර්ගයේ ) දිවෙන මාර්ගයේ මනරම් ඉසව්වක පිහිටි මෙම " අම්බලම " පිහිටුවා ඇත. පුරාවිද්‍යා ස්ථානයක් ලෙස නම් කර ඇති මෙය, වර්තමානයේ ලැගුම් ගැනිමට භාවිතා නොකරන අතර අතිත සමාජය පිලිබදව අධ්‍යනයේදී මෙයට වැදගත් තැනක් ලැබේ. Kadugannawa Ambalama is one of the few remaining Ambalams in Sri Lanka. This "Ambalama" is located at a beautiful event on the road from Colombo to Kandy (in the past on the lowland to upcountry road). Named the Archaeological Site, it is not currently used for lodging and plays an important role in the study of past society.

Beautiful

A historic building that's well looked after by the department of archaeology. Stop by on you way to Kandy.

Super

one of aintion place

Ancient Ambalama built during kandian kingdom to facilitate the travellers along the Kadugannawa. Would be nice if it has some parking nearby to visit and information to learn. It's just lying there ... Can be upgrade the surrounding and make it a tourist attractions ...

Good

Historic place

Historical place at Colombo kandy main road.

Nice place & nice view. Ancient place.

Historical place. It is really great

Historical place where traders and travellers got rest

This is, more of a heritage site, where people used to stay over or rest in the olden days while traveling to kandy on bulock carts

On the way to Kandy

One of the old shadow roof

Historical landmark

Very traditional building old one

This is very ancient place but pass year one truck has hit and damage it. Now infant of ambalama is newly built.