{"id":613,"date":"2018-04-27T07:21:15","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T07:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/?p=613"},"modified":"2018-04-30T04:29:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T04:29:10","slug":"story-behind-the-deep-pits-or-nekkuli-near-puggera-ainmane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/story-behind-the-deep-pits-or-nekkuli-near-puggera-ainmane\/","title":{"rendered":"Nekkuli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Way back, during the rule of Haleri kings, the king\u2019s secret informers would search whole village for young men\u2019s, so that they can be trained to be a soldier for the king\u2019s army.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In order to safeguard their young people, <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/mane-pedha\/\">Puggera<\/a> okka dug deep pits called <em>\u2018<\/em>Nekkuli<em>\u2019<\/em>, where they used to hide their boys, whenever they hear the movement of spies in their area. 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