A statue of Lord Buddha and a small temple on an island bordering the Madu River. Madu Ganga is a minor watercourse which originates near Uragasmanhandiya in the Galle District of Sri Lanka, before widening into the Madu Ganga Lake at Balapitiya. The river then flows for a further a km before draining into the Indian Ocean. It is located 88 km south of Colombo and 35 km north of Galle. A mangrove lagoon joined to the sea by a narrow canal and containing 15 islands of varying size, some of which are inhabited. Sri Lanka.

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