From Sri Lanka’s little known past of folklore and jungle tales comes a story of hairy bodied, short and dagger clawed people known to many as Nittaewo. Although some claims that Nittaewo is amisperceptionof a monkey ora sloth bear, others are convinced that they must have been an early species of hominids or ape-men in and around Mahalenama, of the Eastern Province. During the first century AD, Pliny the Elder mentioned the existence of a ‘beast-men’ in Ceylon.More credible information on Nittaewo unearthed in 1886, when a British civil servant named Hugh Nevill reported information on a strange race called the Nittaewo, who inhabited the then inaccessible mountains of the southeast Sri Lanka.

The first person to write in detail about the ‘little men’ who inhabited the island then known as Taprobane was Ctesias, a Greek physician at the Persian court during the fourth century BC. Ctesias also wrote of cynocephali, dog-faced men or apes “whose clothes are the skins of wild beasts. They have no language; they bark like dogs … Their teeth are larger than those of dogs; their nails are like those of animals, but longer and more curved.” Subsequently, during the first century AD, Pliny the Elder mentioned the occurrence of ‘beast-men’ in the region. The mystery surrounding their identity appeared to be solved in 400 AD, when one Bishop Palladius described a race of primitive people to be found on the island. 

How to Reach?

From Colombo to Mahalenama 205km far away. You can choose easy way to reach mahalenama.

What You Can Do Here?

If you visit in Mahalenama to see the dagger clawed people, It is not easy thing to do. Because exctly no one saw but it is believed that there was. But you can here study more about the dagger clawed.

Research

You can study more and research about this dagger people. You can get more informations from guiders and people in there. Especially these like trip most important to university students, childerns.

Get knowledge about dagger clawed people History

In here you can explore full history about this place and digger people. You can more information around here sources.

Visit Arugam bay Beach

You can also visit arugam bay beach. It is little far away from here. But you can enjoy arugam bay surf, visit to see surroundings and take photos.

Where you can accommodation in Mahalenama?

You can get accommodation facilities around mahalenama with modern amenities.