This is the third biggest garden in SriLanka and the founder of this is Bevis Bhawaya. This famous park, located on a mountain slope about 6 KM away from Beruwala, a lively city on the WestCoast, offers a spectacular view.
This famous architect Jeffrey Bawa's younger brother started landscaping the garden in 1929 and continues until he died in 1992 Love the park like a tunnel series.
It is said that the loneliness caused by the sudden departure of the girl he loved caused him to make this beautiful garden and house into an art.
Beavis Bawa's house and its unusual antiquities, Bawa's furniture, photographs, paintings and sculptures are all fascinating.
The park is said to have been used the to entertain prominent Sri Lankan aristocrats as well as foreign visitors such as Lawrence Olivier and Vivian Lee.
Bevis Bawa's mansion and garden will be open for you today too. You too can go there to feel his loneliness.
If you take the highway from Colombo, you can reach this park by coming out of Welipenna, passing Aluthgama Dharga Town and taking the Matugama Yatadola Road.
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