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Excursions


Ruwanveli-Seya

Elephant Pond (Eth Pokuna)

So named after its enormous size, and fenced in by a thick forest, this water storage tank that provided for a congregation of 5000 monks is easily the size of six Olympic swimming pools.

It consists of a network of underground canals that still operate; in the rainy season one could see water pouring through these inlets from another tank.