Martin Wickramasinghe's house - Koggala
The house of the Koggala sage is correct ..
Born in Koggala, Martin Wickramasinghe took the village to the world through his works.
The house where this writer was born in a coconut estate near Koggala Lagoon was later turned into a folk art museum.
By Martin Wickramasinghe Board of Trustees.
Martin Wickramasinghe, the author of Koggala, mentions his life in his autobiography 'From Birth' in a wonderful way ...
Today, in addition to Madolduwa, we can visit Koggala Beach and the Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Art Museum.
The Folk Art Museum is located within walking distance of Galle-Matara Road.
The Koggala Folk Museum has five exhibition halls that have been formally designed to bring together the knowledge associated with traditional village technology and introduce it to future generations.
It also displays a number of rare artefacts related to agriculture and fisheries, the main occupations of the rural people dating back to ancient times.
You can visit this museum and fill your mind with the knowledge of life that the people of the past had ...
Visitors can then proceed along the narrow paths that lie beneath the coconut groves, then view old vehicles and boats.
The traditional house where Martin Wickramasinghe was born with two fruit Sinhala tiles reminds us of the house of a rural aristocrat who lived about two hundred years ago ...
Equipment used by Martin Wickramasinghe
Books are stored here as they were then ...
This house, which reflects the ancient architectural features, was taken over by the government during the Second World War (1940s).
It's for a warplane. Later, the houses and land in the forest were returned to the great writer.
At the time of Martin Wickramasinghe's death, the house where he was born and two acres of land was occupied today.
At the end of the garden is an ancient Bo tree. Nearby is the Martin Wickramasinghe Samadhi.
A great place to visit with your kids ...
W.G.kasun kumara Jayathissa
Kasunkumaraj@gmail.com
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