Atapattu Walawwa: Residencies of the Gooneratne & Dias Abeysinghe Families in Galle by Janaka Goonetilleke mythology as unique and beautiful as

as unique and beautiful as the land in which they live

Garnered from the reflections of a centenarian born in 1916

elite Tamil and Muslim complicity

is easily the most recognizable and loveable of Hindu deities

Christina Congleton

Atapattu Walawwa: Residencies of the Gooneratne & Dias Abeysinghe Families in Galle by Janaka Goonetilleke mythology as unique and beautiful asAtapattu Walawwa embodies some key aspects of the material conditions and social history of Sri Lanka, its architecture, building technology, design aesthetics, the challenge of tradition and modernization, re orienting European influence under colo nialism, contributing to the national and the Buddhist revival. It epitomizes a way of life, modes of social interaction and concern with the intellectual and philosophical formation of the country from a