Periyakulam Lake
Trincomalee, Trincomalee District
About Periyakulam Lake
Gonagamthota, an aboriginal settlement of the first Sinhalese in the country, is popularly known among the Sinhalese as Trincomalee. Velgama is one of the earliest colonies, to begin with. Velgam Vehera is an ancient shrine built there. It is located about seven miles northwest of the town of Trincomalee, west of the Periyakulam Lake in the village of Periyakulam near Kattukulam Pattu. In the past, Buddhist temples were destroyed by foreign invaders. Meanwhile, they set out to plunder the shrines. However, the Tamil inscriptions and other arche
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