Meemure is a

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with a population of about 420 people living in it It is located near the border between

Kandy District Kandy District ( si, මහනුවර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, ta, கண்டி மாவட்டம்) is a district of the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Its area is 1906.3 km². Administrative divisions Ethnic ...

and Matale District in the Knuckles Mountain Range. Meemure is one of the most remote villages in Sri Lanka with the only access via a trail from the town of Loolwatte. There is no cellular service available in the village, but a CDMA

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service is available. There is no direct

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to the village; a villager journeys each day to Thapal Junction to exchange incoming and outgoing postal mail with a postman.

Lakegala Lakegala mountain is situated in Sri Lanka about away from the capital Colombo. This mountain is situated in Meemure village. Lakegala is situated near the Border between Kandy and Matale Districts. There are several access points to Lakegala r ...

mountain is in Meemure village. Residents of the village depend on several staple crops including

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, paddy and

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. The distance from

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

capital to Meemure is about 175 km.

Route

Meemure is approximately a 7-hour drive from Colombo, in an off-road vehicle. The main route is via Kandy city which is 116 km away from Colombo. Then Kandy-Mahiyangana Road (A26) towards to Mahiyangana. Turn to Left from Hunnasgiriya Junction which is 35 km away from Kandy. Then go towards the Loolwatte Village which is 15 km away from Hunnasgiriya Junction. Then from Loolwatte it is about another 15 km to the Meemure Village. The nearest Police station is Udadumbara Police. On your way to Meemure from Colombo are a number of sites, including Hulu Ganga (River), Victoria Reservoir, Teldeniya New Town (Teldeniya was flooded in filling the Reservoir behind the Victoria Dam, Mahaweli Project), Dothalugala Forest and Botanical Garden, Mini Worlds End, Coberts Gap (Attala Mottuwa) a place where lot of wind blowing to the other side, Meemure and Lakegala Mountain where, according to legend, King Rawana lifted his Air Plane called Dhadu Monara.

References

External links

Article about History of Meemure & culture
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