Bogoda Wooden Bridge

The Bogoda bridge is over 400 years old and made entirely from wooden planks, which are said to have come from one tree. It is an exclusive construction as it has an tall tiled roof structure for its entire span of nearly length with a breadth. Wooden fences erected on either side of the bridge are decorated in various ancient designs. The structure of the bridge is standing on a huge tree trunk in height. Jack fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) logs and Kumbuk (Terminalia arjuna) logs were mainly used as the construction material for the bridge. Kaluwara (Diospyros ebenum) timber and Milla timber were used for the wooden decorations. ==Bogoda temple==

The Bogoda Buddhist temple is an ancient temple situated beside the Bogoda Wooden Bridge. The temple has a much longer history than the bridge. It is from the 1st century BC, during the period of the Anuradhapura era. The temple was built per the instructions of King Valagamba. The stone inscription by the temple, in Brahmin scripture [Brahmi script], says the temple was donated to a priest called Brahmadatta by Tissa, a provincial leader in Badulla. Inside of the temple were elaborate paintings, bearing resemblance to the Kandyan era. The walls were built with a paste made of cotton wool, bee honey and extracted and purified white clay. The paintings were painted on these walls. On 27 May 2011 Sri Lanka Post issued a Rs. 15 stamp with a photograph of the bridge, as part of a set of stamps commemorating bridges and culverts in Sri Lanka. ==References==