Bible Rock (''Batalegala'' in the Sinhala language) is a mountain near the town of Aranayake in

Kegalle District Kegalle is a district in Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka. It is one of 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary (pre ...

in central

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

. It derives its name "Bible rock" from its resemblance to a book on a lectern.

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Mountains of Sri Lanka Landforms of Kegalle District {{SabaragamuwaLK-geo-stub