Dahamana gains some historical significance by virtue of the fact that it belongs to the region where the
world famous primitive ‘Balangoda Man’, better known as ‘Balangoda Manawaya’ was discovered.
Mahawalathnna plateau and thin village is situated in delightful are.
Some say that thousand monks were ordained at one and the same time thus giving the village its name
‘Damahana’.
There are two ways to approach the village. One is via the Ratnapura-Balangoda-Kirimelithnna route.
The other is through Ratnapura-Pallebcdda and Weligcpala.
Traveling through the village, one cannot fail to notice the beautiful paddy field right in the heart of the
village.
Like the early bird that gets the worm, if lucky enough, you will see the farmers in their span cloth and
mammorty on shoulders setting off to their fields.
To fulfill the educational needs of the children in the area and to enlighten their knowledge, Damahana
Maha Vidyalaya serves as a model learning center.
The standard of education is always in a high position with extra curricular activities also taking place in
various ways. Among them scouting and girl guiding takes prominence.
Breaking new ground and keeping pace with modern technological advances in the world, a new to in
computer learning center has been opened under the Secondary Education modernization project of the
Ministry of Education. This project has been an impetus in providing the community- children and adults
alike- the opportunity to improve their computer skills and English knowledge.
By widening this series under the concept of e–village, a website was launched to provide
information about our village, not only to the island, but also to the whole world.
OUR URL:- www.oasisdamahana.org.
Oasis Damahana - Balangoda 