Katharagama The Scared Pilgrim Point

Here at Mandara Rosen Kataragama, things to do are plentiful.The sacred pilgrim point of Kataragama literally translates to ‘The Faraway Abode’ and is a pilgrimage town sacred to the Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and indigenous Vedda people of Sri Lanka. The general vicinity of Kataragama has yielded evidence of human habitation at least 125,000 years ago and has also functioned as the capital of a number of ancient kingdoms.