Official Name: | Alawatugama |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Sri Lanka |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sri Lanka |
Subdivision Name1: | Central Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Nuwara Eliya District |
Subdivision Type3: | Divisional secretariat |
Subdivision Name3: | Hanguranketha Divisional Secretariat |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Sri Lanka Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:30 |
Coordinates: | 7.17°N 80.7665°W |
Alawatugama is a village in located in Nuwara Eliya District of Sri Lanka's Central Province. It is a hamlet of Damunumeya.
The inhabitants of the village were "Paduwo, Smiths, [and] Durayo", according to Archibald Campbell Lawrie's 1896 gazetteer of the province, referring to the caste system.[1]
The Berammane Bogaha Maluwa vihāra (monastery) located in the village is in ruins.[1]