Sri Lanka Travel Diaries - Asupini Ella (waterfall)

Asupini Ella (waterfall) additionally called 'Asupini Falls' is a 30 meters (98 ft) waterfall that can be seen from the memorable town of Aranayake. As indicated by antiquated stories, it was named after the anecdote about a King who had many rulers. On his arrival from war, he guaranteed them that he would give them a sign from the slopes about the destiny of the war. He stated, "If his officers waved a white banner over the slopes, it would mean he was vanquished and murdered in real life. However, in the event that he waved his own banner bearing his peak, that he was successful". The King chose to play a joke on his spouses, who were holding up with their stallions close to the waterfall to see the visual message, by waving a white banner. His spouses were upset to the point that they all dedicated suicide by bouncing over the falls which enlivened the name Ahupini, which is gotten from 'Aswaya' (Horse) and 'Pini' or 'Panina' (Jump) which joined signifies "the stallions hopped over the falls".

 

The 30m fall shapes some portion of the Maha River that begins from the two sides of the Raksawa mountains, and is itself 570m above ocean level. The upper territory of the fall twists through a zone known as Uda Palatha, upstream of which is the Divisional Secretary's Uduwella GS region, in the setting of Apalawatte Pallegama town.

The fall frames a dive pool strewn with rocks where individuals are not urged to bathe because of the danger of suffocating. Additionally at the base of the pool are precipices known as Pinikandawela and Tissakumarawella that are said to house treasure by villagers. 

The fall is saturated with history. As per old books expounded on outskirt boundaries, this fall went about as a division between the zone of Satara Korale and Paranu Kuru Korale. Likewise, as indicated by fables, the fall gets its name from a frantic suicide endeavor, where a mounted ruler jumped from its upper compasses. Villagers say that the fall once in a while transmits a fearsome thunder that can keep going for 15 minutes, and this connotes it will assert a human forfeit inside a two-month time frame