Fool's Bridge - Modayage Paalama
Tourist attraction in Nawalapitiya
Updated: March 12, 2024 09:36 PMFool's Bridge - Modayage Paalama is located in Nawalapitiya (Town in Sri Lanka), Sri Lanka. It's address is 3HW5+7VJ, Ulapane, Sri Lanka.
3HW5+7VJ, Ulapane, Sri Lanka
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Where is Fool's Bridge - Modayage Paalama?
Fool's Bridge - Modayage Paalama is located at: 3HW5+7VJ, Ulapane, Sri Lanka.
What are the coordinates of Fool's Bridge - Modayage Paalama?
Coordinates: 7.0957094, 80.5596492
Fool's Bridge - Modayage Paalama Reviews
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2023-08-22 14:41:56 GMT
Great location, you can see the old bridge from them new one.
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2022-11-20 13:32:12 GMT
Beautiful views of the bridge with the great mahaweli river and mountains as the back drop. Seems to built during the british time.
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2023-10-09 19:27:50 GMT
It's an upside down bridge called as "fools bridge".Nice place with an awesome view.
this place is located in ulapane-kotmale road.better place to take some cool pictures with friends and family.
*No need tickets
*No need to wait
*Not so crowded
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2020-07-18 07:07:03 GMT
An ancient work of British engineers which have a unique rare design. You can get a perfect view from the new bridge and if you manage to clear through some jungle you can hike along the old road that fool's bridge connected and get on the fools bridge. Rhis bridge connects the opposite sides of Mahaweli river, which is the longest river of Sri Lanka. This bridge is popular among locals because it's easy to reach and it reminds of an important period in Sri Lankan history.
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2018-01-15 11:53:08 GMT
Valuable historical inheritance from British. But it's sad to visit it current neglected state. You can reach this bridge from foot path beside main road.
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2021-02-07 02:38:48 GMT
There's a famous story circulated about this bridge that it was mistakenly built up-side down by a British engineer who then at the end realizes and commits suicide (jumping off the bridge) in great disgrace, eventually leading to its name "fool's bridge".
This should be just a tall tale and actually this is a Deck-truss design of a bridge which is very rare anywhere.
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2017-12-12 17:06:00 GMT
Beautiful view. Nice place. It's Hard to reach the bridge. There is a foot path to fool's bridge from main road.
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2023-11-24 07:38:19 GMT
Best place to photograph
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2019-08-26 08:20:22 GMT
It build upside down. But it strong enough to travel. Be careful if you walk on it. Because it is too old one. There is a new bridge also.
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2019-04-18 06:40:36 GMT
The best place - cuations : dangers place to swim without proper knowledge of it
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2020-06-10 16:08:11 GMT
Beautiful place
I realized fact when I was there .. 😉
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2017-11-01 05:09:52 GMT
Nice view near the bridge
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2020-04-28 08:17:35 GMT
It's very beautiful place.
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2020-03-10 21:36:07 GMT
It's call as Upside-down Bridge too.
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2022-02-24 07:03:19 GMT
🌁
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2018-02-12 13:29:01 GMT
Superb view.
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2019-12-30 11:46:37 GMT
Nice place
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2019-10-19 06:56:58 GMT
A bridge which is upside down
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2019-03-25 11:43:18 GMT
Nice place to visit
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2018-12-26 08:42:32 GMT
“මෝඩයාගේ පාලම” යනුවෙන් හැඳින්වෙන මෙම පාලම යටත් විජිත යුගයේ ඉංග්රීසීන් විසින් ඉදිකරන ලද්ක්. මෙම පාලම පිහිටා තිබෙන්නේ ගම්පළ, උලපනේ මහවැලි ගඟ හරහායි. යටත් විජිත යුගයේ දී උඩරට තේ වතු සඳහා අශ්ව කරත්ත හා තවලම් යාමට මෙම පාලම භාවිතා කර තිබෙනවා.මෙම පාලමට “කණපිට පාලම” සහ “මෝඩයාගේ පාලම” යනුවෙන් පවසන්නට විශේෂ හේතුවක් තියෙනවා. සාමාන්යයෙන් පාලමක දෙපස ඇන්ද පිහිටා තිබෙන්නේ පාලමේ උඩ කොටසේයි. එය පාලම මතින් ගමන් කරන වාහනවලට මෙන්ම මගීන්ට ද ආරක්ෂාව සපයනවා. එහෙත් මෙම පාලමේ ඇඳි සවිකර ඇත්තේ පාලමේ යට කොටසේයි. එය පාලම කණපිට හැරෙව්වාට සමාන අයුරින් දිස්වෙනවා.එහෙත් මෙම පාලම ඉතා ශක්තිමත්.පාලම ඉදිකරන්නට කපා ඔප දැමූ කළු ගල් භාවිතා කර තිබෙනවා. ගම්පළ පාලමට ද වඩා මෙම පාලම පැරණි බවයි පැවනේනේ.පාලම සාදා අවසානයේ බි්රතාන්ය රජයේ නියෝජිතයකු එය විවෘත කිරීමට පැමිණ තිබෙනවා. එහෙත් ඊට පෙර ප්රධාන ඉංජිනේරුවරයා එය පරීක්ෂා කිරීමට පැමිණ තිබෙනවා. එහි දී පාලම සාදා ඇත්තේ වැරදියට බව ඔහු තේරුම් ගත්තා. එම නිසා පාලම සෑදූ ඉංජිනේරුවරයා ඊට පසුව දිවි නසා ගත් බව ජනප්රවාදයේ තිබෙනවා.
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About Nawalapitiya
Town in Sri LankaNawalapitiya is a town in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. It is governed by an Urban Council. It is 38 km from Kandy and 112 km from Colombo, at a height of 589 m above sea level. It is located on the banks of the Mahaweli Ganga. source
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