Yoda Ela (Giant Canal) or Jaya Ganga, an 87 km (54 mi) long single banking water canal carrying excess water to Tissa Wewa reservoir from Kala Wewa reservoir in Anuradhapura. The Yodha Ela is known for achieving a rather low gradient for its time.

Jun 8, 2023 · Kala Wewa and its waterway Yodha Ela (Jaya Ganga) is one of the most magnificent achievements of the ancient irrigation engineers of Sri Lanka. This reservoir was built by King Dhatusena (459-477 CE) as part of rebuilding the country after liberating it from South Indian invaders who had plundered the country for over 25 years.

Yodha Ela (Giant Canal), also known as Jaya Ganga, is a canal which is an ancient situated in Anuradhapura. It carries excess water from Kala Wewa to Tissa Wewa in Anuradhapura. Yodha Ela was constructed by King Datusena during his reign in 459 AD.

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The Yoda Ela (Giant Canal) carried water from Kala Wewa to the Thisa Wewa reservoir, which was located within the capital city of Anuradhapura. The 87km long Yoda Ela has a gradient of 10cm-20cm per kilometer, a feature that baffles many experts even today.

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May 20, 2020 · Yoda Ela (YE) located in the northern dry zone of Sri Lanka has been an irrigation marvel sustainably existed for over 1500 years without any break except for the recent politicized decisions...

The same map shows a canal leaving the right bank of the Mahaweli River some 500m above Kalinga Nuwara which continues all the way to Dimbulagala, and names it Kalinga Yoda Ela (that is referred to as Gomathie Ela by Balasooriya, 2004).

The Yoda Ela is one of the excellent representations exemplifying the urban-rural linkages from the total environment and global water history perspectives. Keywords: Total environment, Dry zone irrigation, Sustainability, Yoda Ela, Urbanrural.