Madduma Bandara

Madduma Bandara; The Child hero of Sri Lanka in Kandyan period. This brave child lived during the period of King Keerthi Sri Rajasingha; the last king of Sri Lanka.Ehelepola was his farther and was a minister in the court of King Rajasingha.

Due to the bad activities of King Rajasingha, Ehelepola did not obey his orders and had to flee away for safty. The king was very angry on him and ordered whole Ehelepola family to be executed.They were brought near to the lake of Bogambara and king ordered to execute his elder brother by cutting the head off the neck first. It was his elder brother who dared not to come to forward. Madduma Bandara was a brave boy and came forward like a hero and said "Fear not brother,I will show you how to face the death" and let the executor to do it.thus the name of Madduma Bandara was written in the history of Sri Lanka.

Ehelepola Adikaram

Ehelepola Maha Adigar or Ehelepola the Great was the leader of the successful coup against the despot King Sri Wickrema Rajasingha (1798 - 1815). He planned to overthrow the king because he ruled as a despot and he was a cruel tyrant. Although the people hated him they were powerless as the king was well guarded by foreign mercenaries.
Ehelapola, was a pure bred Brahmin and a very devout Buddhist.