Dondra Head

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Dondra Head is a cape on the extreme southern tip of Sri Lanka, in the Indian Ocean, near the small town of Dondra. The Galle Lighthouse and a vihara (Buddhist temple) are located in the vicinity. There was a temple to Vishnu with a gilt copper roof, destroyed by the Portuguese, and the place still attracts pilgrims today to the Dondra Fair and Perahera, held in the month of Esala (July-August).

Dondra Head was once the capital of the country.

[edit] See also

• Tondeswaram

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.