page_title: Walauwa
section_title: Other Prominent Kandyan Walauwas
hierarchical_section_title: Walauwa / Other Prominent Kandyan Walauwas
caption_attribution_description: Royal Palace Maduwanwela Walawwa - මඩුවන්වෙල වලව්ව 2012
context_page_description: Walauwa or walawwa is the name given to a feudal/colonial manor house in Sri Lanka of a native headmen. It is also refers to the feudal social systems that existed during the colonial era.
  The term walauwa is derived from the Tamil word valavu, which denotes a compound or garden, and by implication, a large house with aristocratic connotations. The pinnacle of walauwas in the Sinhala social stratum is the wasala walauwa. Wasala is derived from the Tamil vaasal, which means an entrance. In the Sinhalese social hierarchy, a wasala walawa would typically be the ancestral residence of a mudaliyar.
  Walauwas vary in style, elegance and uniqueness depending upon the financial resources of the individual families and in the village or area's social structure. Most walauwas tend to incorporate aspects of traditional pre-colonial Ceylonese architecture, as well as Dutch and later colonial influences. A walauwa usually consisted of a cluster of buildings linked by verandahs, with an internal courtyard, which separated the private life of the family from the headman's public duties.
  The walauwa were traditionally associated with the homes of the courtiers, members of the royal court in Kandy.
context_section_description: Angunawela Walauwa - Angunawela
  Deldeniya Walauwa, Yatinuwara
  Meeduma Walauwa, Rambukkana
  Madawala Walauwa - Galagedra
  Ritigahapola Walauwa - Katugastota
  Rambukwella Walauwa
  Rajamanthri Walauwa - Karandagolla, Hanguranketha.
  Ekneligoda Walauwa
  Giragama Walawwa
  Ambadenigoda Walauwa
  Kobbekaduwa Walawwa
  Nugegoda Walawwa - Katugastota.
  Gurugalpola Walawwa - Galagedra
  Lenawala Walawwa - Lenawala
caption: Maduwanwela Walauwa,
   Kolonne, Sri Lanka
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