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By -K.S.M Jayawardhana rankale is an ancient forest monastrey which is situated in north western province Sri Lanka. Sixth century remains of the Arankele forest monastery and caves lie at a distance of 24km to the north of Kurunegala. The pilgrim gets to the ruins by passing through a modern meditation monastery.Local legend says that this is where the ArahatMaliadeva once lived. o Location Arankele forest monastery and caves lie at a distance of 117km from Colombo. o Reaching Arankele Colombo- KurunegalaIbbagamuwa - Madagalla road. Arankale is 25 kilometres from Kurunagala via the village of Ibbagamuwa Attraction Features in Arankele o Setting Arankele Forest Monastery's sylvan environment and ruins of bathing ponds gives the impression it was once a pleasure park. o Rock Caves On the slopes of Arankele hill is a cluster of natural rock caves once u ?Y?H[?\?X?[????? ?[ \?[?YY]][??H[?\?[? ?[ ?\?H ?[ \?\?Y ?][YK???Z[??? H[?\?\?H] ?\? H ?]H?[?[??Y[???\?[?\?\?K]H]\?\?HX??H?H ?X?? ?X? \?H[??? ??Y?Y[?] ?X?Y ? \? ?]H?X?]\?H?] ? ?\?H\??][?[? ?X? \?[????B???\??]X? \?H[??Y[? ??H ?X???[???\ [??[???ZZH ??\ ]?H ?]?X[Y H^\?[??H?YY]][?[ ? ??KY?X?Y?X?H ]??H ? ?X? \?\?[?[X?[]?Y\??? H]\?\?H?Y\?[???\?H?? ?]\??][??[?[?? ??\???\?[?\?\?H\??YH ? H\??\?? ?]\? ?[??H[??N?]\?\??[? L ?[?[??[?
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