Yakdessagala is a mountain in Kurunegala district that is located closer to the town of Kurunegala. This mountain is a component of the range that includes Athugala and Andagala, and it is the highest point in the region.
The plot unfolds as if it were a tragic television show, beginning with admiration that is tainted by double-crossing and then wrath and ridicule, ultimately leading to an unfortunate conclusion. It was a lady by the name of Kuveni, who had been despised by her significant other Vijaya because she was mistaken for a princess of India. Kuveni was expelled from the royal residence, but he fought to stay. As it turned out, this was an ancestral princess who had betrayed her Yaksha people, a clan that had held power in the country, to a wayward monarch from India, who had been deposed by her father. Kuveni returned home to her relatives in the Gonagala region, only to be censured and offended for conspiring with an outsider to sell them out, as the story progresses further. Kuveni, distraught about such a huge discharge, had ascended a mountain, denounced her deceitful spouse and unfeeling relatives, and then leapt to her death from the cliff. The stone was given the name Yakdessagala as a result of a Yaksha tribeswoman’s displeasure with it. The Mahawansa, Sri Lanka’s ancient yearly, depicts a different version of the story.
Kuweni is reported to have cursed the king Wijaya of Yakdessagala and then leaped from this location. Yakdessagala is the name given to this peak since Kuweni was a descendant of Yaksha. According to legend, this location has historical significance dating back more than 2500 years.
