13 Iddawelas

1st Generation:

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Wijesundara Mudiyanselage Ukkubanda Iddawela and Bulumulle Weerakoon Mudiyanselage Lokumenike Iddawela lived at Iddawela Mahagedara (ancestral house), Pilimathalawa opposite Gadaladeniya junction on Colombo-Kandy road overlooking a beautiful paddyfield. They had 13 children, 9 of them were males and 4 females.

2nd Generation:

  1. Eldest W.K. Iddawela (1906-2009) would become a father figure for his younger brothers and sisters since the untimely death of his father Ukkubanda, After marriage to Seelawathie Ratnayake, he settled down in Ambepussa, Warakapola on Colombo-Kandy road.
  2. Eldest daughter Punchi Mahattayo Iddawela (1907-1999) married Tikiri Banda Dhanapala of Manadeniya residence, Pilimathalawa which is beside Wijethunga Mawatha (named after ex-president of Sri Lanka) on Colombo-Kandy road.
  3. Second son Mudiyanse Iddawela (1909-1994) married Leelawathie Kumarihamy Tennakoon of Kobeigane and settled there. Kobeigane is in Kurunegala District and 12 miles from Wariyapola.
  4. Tikiri Banda Iddawela (1911-1984) married Dingiri Menike and settled in Malwatta just opposite Iddawela Mahagedara, Pilimathalawa.
  5. Second daughter Bisomenike Iddawela (1913-1974) married Lansakaranayake Tikiri Banda of Naula, Dambulla, city in Matale District with the famous rock cave temple and close to Sigiriya.
  6. Third daughter Nandawathie Iddawela (1915-2012) married Tikiri Banda Bowala of Bowala, Gampola situated along Gampola-Kadugannawa road.
  7. Fourth daughter Leelawathie Iddawela (1917-2009) married Ulagoda Korale of Manikkawa in Hingula-Aluthnuwara (famous Dadimunda Devale) road. Hingula is a small town on Colombo-Kandy road between Mawanella and Kadugannawa.
  8. Abey Iddawela (1921-2005) married Seela Senanayake and settled in Nerathaldeniya Road, Pilimathalawa just before Iddawela Mahagedara.
  9. Madduma Banda Iddawela(CB 1923-1981) married Girly Wijekoon of Ettampitiya (Nuwara Eliya – Badulla Road) and settled there.
  10. Wije Iddawela (1924-1975) married Rose Weerasinghe and later lived in Iddawela Mahagedara, Pilimathalawa
  11. Sunny (kuda Banda) Iddawela (1927) married Soma Uduwawala of Vilamuna Walawwa, Kiribathkumbura which is very close to Pilimathalawa on Colombo-Kandy road and settled there.
  12. Jayaweera Iddawela (1929-2015) married Leela Pethiyagoda and settled in Wijethunga Mawatha, Pilimathalawa.
  13. Cyril Iddawela (Percy 1932-1979) the youngest married Kusum Kahawatta of Ussapitiya (near Mawanella) and settled in Kegalle.