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The roof is supported by two sets of stone columns, twelve externally and four internally. The ambalama has two broken stone columns on the northeastern side. The local villagers claim that the columns were constructed this way deliberately when the ambalama was built to ward off inauspicious
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Appallagoda Ambalama has a floor area of approximately 80 m (860 sq ft) and measures 5.6 m (18 ft) from floor to pinnacle. On the inside, around the ambalama, are stone seats.
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Appallagoda Ambalama and its history. One theory to explain this absence is that this building is a recent addition to the list of ambalamas in Sri Lanka.
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pattern of that period. A prominent feature at the front of this ambalama is the stone "pinthäliya", a traditional container for drinking water.
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Appallagoda Ambalama was built in 1922 to house trade parties. It was built under the orders of the local"
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explains the four names engraved in the four internal stone columns in the ambalam. The story says that these four names belonged to some "
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