In Sanskrit "Sri Lanka" means "resplendent island”. The country completely justifies its name because of the kind the scenic beauty it holds. The country has over a hundred waterfalls. The Diyaluma Waterfall, Sri Lanka is the 2nd highest waterfall of the Tropical Island. Diyaluma Waterfall is approximately around 13 Km away from the Wellawaya town and 6 km from Koslanda home on the Wellawaya road. According to a folk tale as per a legend, a prince’s pain of his broken heart because of the death of his beloved whom he tried to drag over the Diyaluma cliff had urged the Gods to create this exquisite shower to shed tears for him for eternity
Diyaluma, also known as Diya Haluma can be seen if one stops on his way to Haputale and travels by taking a roundabout road. Diyaluma meaning Watery light amasses its water from Poonagala Oya and stands tall to a height of 559 feet.
The tall and thin "Diyaluma" waterfall decants and courses its way to Kirindi Oya, beneath a highway bridge that leads fro Beragala to Wellawaya. Though Bambarakande falls is taller than this, the Diyaluma often gives a feeling of being a more grandiloquent fall in the islet. It is indeed a striking sight to watch when the tall Diyaluma slops down a straight rock wall.
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