If someone says that nothing in this world belongs to me I would gladly acknowledge it. For this world has only ladened me with the taxation of suffering of what it has already given to me.
Hulugalle Weda Walauwa.
Mrs. Ella Bandaranayake nee Hulugalle. a.k.a. "Hulugalle Weda Menike". As a preamble to my post I must elucidate on the reader that my mother was never an Ayurvedic practitioner. Even though she was taught in the fundamentals of the traditional way of treatment of diseases. The premise to my post begins during the years my mother was schooling at Kurunegala. She attended two leading girls schools in Kurunegala namely, The Maliyadeva Girls' and Holy Family Convent. It was during her years spent as a student that she was a resident at the "Hulugalle Weda Walauwa" (an Ayurvedic treatment center). Here, she was taught in the elements of the practice of Ayurveda. She was simply given lodging there because she was their relative. Before long she was working as an apprentice in her part time while she studied for her exams. "Hulugalle Weda Menike" (the designate of the lady Ayurvedic healer / Medicine woman) hailed from the village of Hulugalle c...
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