Notorious royal wealth robbers 'gobble' up Bogambara Ehelapola's treasure trove too
(Lanka-e-News- 23.June.2014, 3.00PM) After the historic Bogambara prison at Kandy was shifted to Pallekelle , the Bogambara prison was entrusted by the prisons department to the care and custody of Urban development authority. On that occasion , the President participated in a function to mark the handing over. On midnight that day (20) , at that venue a secretive fowl sacrifice ritual was held after the police were evacuated from the place. It is now the oft raised question among the people , what was this so called sacrifice that was made so secretly at midnight ?
The truth of the matter is , the historic Bogambara prison building that was built on a 12 acre land by the British after its evacuation ought to be handed over to the archeological department , yet the MaRa government entrusted it to the urban development authority under Gotabaya Rajapakse.
This handing over of the building function took place during noon , and Medamulana MaRa made it a point to attend this event although a handing over ceremony of a building of one Institution to another does not warrant such pomp and fuss , to involve and invite a President of the country who if he is truly concerned with the country must busy himself with much more important tasks on behalf of the people . Mind you , Medamaluna MaRa was the first to be there !
Later , that same day (20 th Friday) at midnight , after the police were warned not even to come into the vicinity , and with the assistance of the Presidential security division and the army commando force soldiers , a monumental ritual had been performed within the historic building . At this ritual a large number of fowls and goats were sacrificed. The massacred fowls and goats were loaded into a truck of the forces and transported the following day. The Presidential security division (PSD) had told the Kandy police , the foundation was laid for the refurbishment of Bogambara prison , and according to the ‘nekatha’ (horoscope) of the President , midnight is the auspicious time . Hence , the ritual was performed at that time.
Astrologers however say , there is no such midnight auspicious time. Senior citizens of the village who know the history say , the wealth of Ehelapola Nilame is buried in the Bogambara prison.
After Ehelapola Wijesundara Wickremesinghe Chandrasekera Amarakoon Wasala Ranamuka Mudiyanse alias Ehelepola Nilame who was the chieftain of the hill capital’s King and second to the latter fled in 1811 , his family members were captured and killed. Historians say , the enormous wealth which were in his possession , and who was the possessor of the next highest amount of wealth after the King, remain buried in the Bogambara prison. The treasure trove includes valuable gold , silver , gems , jewelry and pearls .
The historians also claim , though it is widely believed that Ehelapola Kumarihamy was killed by drowning , that place where supposedly the drowning took place is truly the place where the treasure trove was buried since there is no water stream deep enough for drowning at that place. The British are not that foolish to erect a building in a place where water is flowing , the historians point out.
Security divisions and the people of Kandy are of the view that the rogues who robbed the Colombo museum artifacts including the ancient saber and who are given to robbing national wealth have again given the ‘work’ (stolen) to the treasure trove in the Bogambara prison.
(Lanka-e-News- 23.June.2014, 3.00PM) After the historic Bogambara prison at Kandy was shifted to Pallekelle , the Bogambara prison was entrusted by the prisons department to the care and custody of Urban development authority. On that occasion , the President participated in a function to mark the handing over. On midnight that day (20) , at that venue a secretive fowl sacrifice ritual was held after the police were evacuated from the place. It is now the oft raised question among the people , what was this so called sacrifice that was made so secretly at midnight ? The truth of the matter is , the historic Bogambara prison building that was built on a 12 acre land by the British after its evacuation ought to be handed over to the archeological department , yet the MaRa government entrusted it to the urban development authority under Gotabaya Rajapakse.
This handing over of the building function took place during noon , and Medamulana MaRa made it a point to attend this event although a handing over ceremony of a building of one Institution to another does not warrant such pomp and fuss , to involve and invite a President of the country who if he is truly concerned with the country must busy himself with much more important tasks on behalf of the people . Mind you , Medamaluna MaRa was the first to be there !
Later , that same day (20 th Friday) at midnight , after the police were warned not even to come into the vicinity , and with the assistance of the Presidential security division and the army commando force soldiers , a monumental ritual had been performed within the historic building . At this ritual a large number of fowls and goats were sacrificed. The massacred fowls and goats were loaded into a truck of the forces and transported the following day. The Presidential security division (PSD) had told the Kandy police , the foundation was laid for the refurbishment of Bogambara prison , and according to the ‘nekatha’ (horoscope) of the President , midnight is the auspicious time . Hence , the ritual was performed at that time.
Astrologers however say , there is no such midnight auspicious time. Senior citizens of the village who know the history say , the wealth of Ehelapola Nilame is buried in the Bogambara prison.
After Ehelapola Wijesundara Wickremesinghe Chandrasekera Amarakoon Wasala Ranamuka Mudiyanse alias Ehelepola Nilame who was the chieftain of the hill capital’s King and second to the latter fled in 1811 , his family members were captured and killed. Historians say , the enormous wealth which were in his possession , and who was the possessor of the next highest amount of wealth after the King, remain buried in the Bogambara prison. The treasure trove includes valuable gold , silver , gems , jewelry and pearls .
The historians also claim , though it is widely believed that Ehelapola Kumarihamy was killed by drowning , that place where supposedly the drowning took place is truly the place where the treasure trove was buried since there is no water stream deep enough for drowning at that place. The British are not that foolish to erect a building in a place where water is flowing , the historians point out.
Security divisions and the people of Kandy are of the view that the rogues who robbed the Colombo museum artifacts including the ancient saber and who are given to robbing national wealth have again given the ‘work’ (stolen) to the treasure trove in the Bogambara prison.
