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In Sri Lanka, if there is a place with the most number of mansions, it is believed to be in Balapitiya. More than thirty-five mansions are located within Balapitiya. When exploring the history of the mansions inhabited by noble families in Sri Lanka, prominent among the mansions in Balapitiya are the Brahmanawatta Walawwa, where Senpathi Don Cosmo Wijesekara, the leader who led the massacre of the Portuguese at Randeniwela in Uva, was born, and the Maha Kappina Walawwa, where nobles descending from the Brahmins who arrived at Sri Lanka in the 11th century lived. Walawwa is a large resident of a village headman or a wealthy person signifying his importance in the village’s social structure. It usually consisted of a cluster of buildings connected by verandas. It often included a courtyard space which isolated the private life of the family from the headman’s numerous public life duties. Walawwa furniture would be simply built in timber and rattan (වේවැල්), without upholstering and the veranda space would be the primary area of habitation. Although Walawwa was originally associated with the home of the Radala (courtiers) who had been members of the royal court of Kandy, it was displaced by the colonial equivalents following the dissolution of their authority by the British. (Scriver & Prakash, 2007) Colombage, D. (2022, April 16). අමරපුර සිරිසද්ධම්මවංස මහා නිකායේ මූලස්ථානය බලපිටිය මහා කප්පින වලව්ව මහා විහාරය. budusarana.lk. Retrieved July 5, 2024, from https://www.budusarana.lk/budusarana/... De Silva, H. (2018, December 8). සුද්දන්ටත් අණදුන් බළපිටියේ මහමුදලි. lankadeepa.com. Retrieved July 5, 2024, from https://www.lankadeepa.lk/Rasawitha/ස... De Silva, N. (2012). Flags : Flag Traditions of Sri Lanka. Padmapani Publishers. Rajapakse, N. (2023, January 26). A Forgotten Son of Lanka. Daily Mirror. Retrieved July 7, 2024, from https://www.dailymirror.lk/print/news... Scriver, P., & Prakash, V. (2007). Colonial Modernities – Building, Dwelling and Architecture in British India and Ceylon. Taylor & Francis. Travelling Directions to Balapitiya Maha Kappina Walawwa From Colombo to Balapitiya Maha Kappina Walawwa Via : Southern Expressway Total Distance : 102 Km.....According to a copper plate inscription granted by King Vijayabahu I (1070-1110) to Periya Mudali Marikar, who lived in Gorakaduwa of Beruwala, it describes the grants given to him for bringing seven Salagama Brahmins from Saliyamangalam in India. The grant, given by the King on May 7th, 1088 CE, names the seven Brahmins who arrived at Beruwala as Nambudiri, Kappinai, Weerasingi, Weerakkodai, Idirimuni, Walimuni, and Edirisingi. The inscription further states that these seven were taken charge of by the great King, as His Majesty desired them. Therefore, they must be well cared for and prepared to be supplied with presents and land, without deficiency (De Silva, 2012). These Brahmins settled in and around Balapitiya to build their residences and businesses. When the Portuguese arrived, the southern and western coasts were already supplying the best cinnamon and the Salagama Caste had become cinnamon planters. During the Portuguese era, many Salagamas adopted Portuguese names as their last names, such as de Silva (or Silva, Zylva), de Zoysa, Abrew, Thabrew, Mendis, etc. Just before the town of Balapitiya lies the village of Welithara. Some meters before the 78th km post at Welithara, lies the Maha Kappina Walawwa Road. Right after crossing the railway track on this road, you would see a board directing you to “Maha Kappina Walawwa Seema Malaka Viharaya”. Traveling a further 300 meters following directions will bring you to this temple which is also the head office of the Amarapura Siri Saddhammawansa Nikaya. It is inside this temple premises that Maha Kappina Walawwa proudly stood for hundreds of years. The ancestors of this walawwa are said to be descendants of Brahmana Kappina, one of the seven Brahmins who came to Sri Lanka in the 11th century. The oldest name of this lineage is “Kappina,” and the title “Rajapakse” was bestowed upon them by the English. Generations of lineages from Magaliyan, Ranhulu, and Haljothi had lived in this mansion, and the final generations to own this Walawwa were of the Kaluhath lineage. (De Silva, 2018) During the time the Portuguese ruled Sri Lanka, the area from Puttalam to Kumbukkan Oya was divided into six divisions known as “totamunas.” Among these, the chiefs of totamunas of Welithara, Welisara and Kaluwamodara were nobles of the Kappina lineage and they held chief positions in the cinnamon plantation administration. During the Dutch era, the most prominent Mudaliyar of the Kappina lineage was the Mudaliyar of Governors Gate (Maha Mudali), Kaluhath Peter de Abrew Wijayagunaratne. After his death in 1810, the position of the Mudaliyar of Governors Gate was passed on to his son, Mudaliyar Adrian