31/10/2023
🇱🇰 Suitable for beach camping - "Kirinda" | KIRINDA, SRI LANKA.▪️
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👉 When the darkness is slowly overcome and the sky is decorated with different colors with the fall of dawn, the sound of the sea waves crashing on the rocks creates a strange rhythm. For fishermen, the golden sandy beach with cliffs, the lagoon adjacent to the shore, and the fishing port create a mind-blowing sight.
It is said that during the first recorded sea flooding in the history of Sri Lanka, Vihara Maha Devi, a princess of the Kelani royal family, was put in a boat and sacrificed to the sea to stop the disaster. The Mahavamsa narrates that somehow the boat was swept away and piled up in the village of Kirinda, and King Kavantissa, who ruled Ruhunu at that time, was moved by this and took refuge due to the beauty of the princess.
The Kirinda Sea Maha Vihara is built on a rock at the place where Viharamaha Devi landed and from there it is possible to see the great ocean up to Ksitijaya and the coast of Kirinda.
Located at a distance of nearly 12 km from Tissa town, Lahabwal forest is located in the lagoon part adjacent to this beautiful beach and it is the home of both local and tourist birds.
Kirinde Beach and the adjacent lagoon area is a perfect haven for those who love to enjoy the experience of a beach camp by walking on a beautiful beach, bathing in the sea, basking in a bonfire built on the beach, eating grilled fish. But because the coast is rocky and many lives have been taken by the sea, it is mandatory to ask a fisherman about a dangerous place while bathing in the sea and it should be remembered that one should be concerned about their safety not once but twice. ▪️
- The.Roamer_
