Laxapana Falls
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Laxapana Falls is, at Script error: No such module "convert". high,[1] the 8th highest waterfall in Sri Lanka and 625th highest in the world.[2][3] It is situated in Maskeliya area in Nuwara Eliya District, about Script error: No such module "convert". from Maskeliya town on Maskeliya-Norton Bridge road, in a village called Kiriwan Eliya. It is formed by Maskeliya Oya near the confluence of Kehelgamu Oya and Maskeliya Oya which forms Kelani River.[4] The falls gives its name to twin hydroelectric power stations, Old Laxapana Power Station which generates 50 MW of electricity and New Laxapana Power Station which generates 100 MW.
Folklore
Popular folklore tells this the place where Buddha mended his saffron robe when he was visiting Sri Pada. The name of the Falls derived from Sinhala words of "Laxa" means Hundred thousand and "Pahana" or "Pashana" means rock.[1]
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