My home town is Balangoda. It is in the Sabaragamuwa province and in Rathnapura district. It is about 142 kilometres from Colombo and 42 kilometres from Rathnapura town. It is situated along the Colombo -Badulla road.
Balangoda is a very beautiful city. Because it is surrounded by many hills, it has a good climate and fresh water. Therefore, many people like to live here. The main cultivations of this area are tea, coconut and paddy. The population of this area is about 50,000. Most of the people are Sinhalese Buddhists, but Muslim and Tamil people live here too. . Balangoda is rather a big city. It has many facilities such as medical, traveling, water supply, leading schools and in addition, there are many historical and ancient religious places such as Aluthnuwara Kataragama Dewalaya and Boltube Saman Dewalaya. I like my home town very much.
My email address is shashikachamodani@gmail.com
