Discover Bogambara Lake

The Bogambara Lake or Kandy Lake or Kiri Muhuda (Sea of Milk) is an artificial lake built by the King Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe in the 1800s. Before the lake was built, there existed a stretch of paddy fields by the name of “Tigolwela”, these paddy fields had a small lake in the middle called “Kiri Muhuda” or “Sea of Milk”, that is how the lake got its name Kiri Muhuda. Deveda Moolacharya is considered the architect of this lake. The lake had many architectures adjoined to it, the special one being the tiny island called the “Jayathilake Mandapaya”, this was used by the King and Queen as a Royal summer house but was later changed to an ammunition store after the invasion of the British. For a several dollars, you can also enjoy a joy boat ride around the Bogambara lake.