Nilavarai Bottomless Well
Even though it is not sure that this well is really bottomless and even the depth is not calculated, according to the villagers this well has water throughout the year. You can’t empty it even you use many water pumps together and pump for several hours.
Steps to get down and bath
For the safely of the visitors, Nilavarai is surrounded by a wire mesh and a fence.
Nilavarai Bottomless Well
Even though we get fresh water from this well, bottom part becomes salty. Some believe that this pond connected to Keermalei Pond or even may have connection to the sea.
For the safely of the visitors, Nilavarai is surrounded by a wire mesh and a fence
This well is in Square shape and there is a separate path to get down to it.
According to the religious believes, during their return journey, Rama felt thirsty and
sent an arrow shot to the earth and that’s how this bottomless well was born. ss
(Update)How deep the bottom less well?
According to the exploration done by Sri Lanka Archeological department(Marine life unit) the middle
of the well has 40 m depth. Water becomes more salty when it goes down. In between the depth of
10-20 m water become unclear and muddy. It became clearer again after 23/25m. But sunlight doesn’t
reach that deep because of the muddy layer on top. According to them bottom later is almost similar to sea water.
For more information on this finding, please refer this
article appeared on Divaina newspaper(07 September 2014, written by Mr. Lalith Chaminda).