DEWOLMADU IN SRI LANKA The annual Gammadu ritual for the goddess "Paththini" is also known as Dewol ritual. This ritual has good , posperity and is associated with the tradition of low country (Phatharata) dansing. It is said that the first Gammadu Shanthikarma was conducted by an indian king named "Seramana" in Ruwanwella.  The story of the past. King Chola, who lived in India, was often disturbed by the sound of a sack. The enraged king ordered that the sack be killed.So the king's men pulled sack into a pond in the garden. Because of that the sack hated the king and born again in the same pond as a frog. One day, King Seramana went to the garden and smelled a lily in the pond. The frog, hidden under the flower, went through the nose and sank into the king's brain. The king, who was so ill and couldn't cured. One day the king dreamed of a beautiful woman and he told about this to the preacher. King Seramana's preacher decided this is a curse o