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Kataragama is in the Monaragala District of the Uva province. It is about 228 kms away from Colombo. Kataragama is well known for its temples dedicated to various lords and often receives a right amount of tourists and pilgrims visiting to witness the grandiose of the beautiful architecture carved within the temples as well as to worship the devas.
One of the most popular attractions of the town is the Kataragama temple which has built to devotedly to honour the Skanda Kumara also known as Kataragama Deviyo, a guardian and powerful deity of Sri Lanka according to the locals. With the modern Era kicking in this small township of Kataragama has been developing steadily and is garnering the attention of the tourists as one of the favourite destinations to visit in Sri Lanka.