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Gongala is a mountain in the
Ratnapura District Ratnapura ( Sinhala: රත්නපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, Tamil: இரத்தினபுரம் மாவட்டம்) is a district of Sri Lanka in the Sabaragamuwa Province. This gem-mining centre of Sri ...
of Sri Lanka. At a summit elevation of . It is the 15th tallest mountain in Sri Lanka.


Folklore

The name of Gongala means Cow Rock. According to folklores, the shape of this mountain top is the shape of a cow head. Another folklore is that a long time ago many cows lived around the Gongala mountain range.


See also

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List of mountains of Sri Lanka The following page lists the mountain peaks of Sri Lanka. The following list comprises mountains that have been thoroughly explored, with their altitudes measured by expert hikers in Sri Lanka. The classification of a separate mountain is determi ...


References

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