Hanwella (SL)

Sin: හංවැල්ල haṁvælla –  Tam: ஹன்வெல்லை haṉvellai ‘Sand Junction or Ford’  WP,  Sri Lanka From Sin: sam, ‘union, with, together’; and vælla, ‘sandbank’, ‘sandy plain’, ‘shore’ This is the site of an ancient ford across the Kelani Ganga which linked the main...