Kondakattu gala/Isthropuram

Stone steps leading to the ancient Kondakattu Gala cave entrance in Isthropuram.

Kondakattu gala/Isthropuram

Ishtripura means an area of women in Sinhala. This was one of the places to which King Ravana shifted Seetha Devi as a precautionary measure, which he was forced to take by Lord Hanuman’s advent. Seetha Devi took a bath in the stream close by and had dried her hair sitting on a rock and put clips to her hair, hence this rock is known as Konda Kattu Gala.

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