Legends

There are many lends connected with the betel leaf. There is a legend which says that the betel leaf was brought from the land of the nagas.

there is another legend about a person who had to provide betel to the palace. He had to propane ‘seven chews’ of betel for the king at different times of the day. He was an ordinary villager, and soon he came to be known by the job he was given, ‘bulatha’ He had to trudge a long distance over a hill to perform this duty. legend says that bulatha,s wife who brought his lunch everyday thought of making a stone flight of steps as it would make her journey easier. Each day she carried two stones and laid then as steps. The hill with these man made steps is still known as “gal padihela’ some say it was bulatha who did the steps.

There is another legend about the making of the Sorabora wewa by bulatha. During his journey to the palace he is said to haw brought loads of sand and rock to the place where the wawe is. He had succecded in making a dam across the river creating a lake.