A Sinhala-language title on the Buddhist temples and devalas of the Kurunegala district, written by Sumith Ranasinghe and published by Godage International Publishers, an established Colombo house issuing work in Sinhala and English.
The subject is one that local writing in Sinhala covers far more fully than anything available in English. Kurunegala, in the North Western Province, was a royal capital in its day, and the countryside around it holds rock temples, image houses and shrines of long standing. A devala is a shrine dedicated to a deity rather than to the Buddha, often standing within or beside a temple precinct, and the pairing of the two in the title points to a survey of both kinds of site in the region.
The entire text is in Sinhala. There is no English translation within the book, so reading knowledge of the language is needed to use it.
It will suit readers in Sinhala with an interest in regional religious heritage, in temple history and local tradition, and anyone with family or scholarly ties to the Kurunegala area who wants a book on its sites gathered in one place. Sri Lankan readers abroad who keep a Sinhala shelf at home are the natural audience.
- Author: Sumith Ranasinghe
- Publisher: Godage International Publishers
- Language: Sinhala
- Pages: 192
- ISBN: 9789553093455
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