Panamure is a village is located in the Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka. It is approximately 171 kilometres (106 mi) from Colombo and 55 kilometres (34 mi) from Ratnapura. The village is significant because it is the site of the last elephant kraal in Sri Lanka, Panamure Eth Gala (පනාමුරේ ඇත්ගාල සහ දිය බුබූල). Elephant kraals had been held in Panamure twelve times: 1896, 1898, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1914, 1918, 1922, 1924, 1929, 1944 with the last in 1950. The area was part of the 40,000 ha (99,000 acres) virgin forest belonging to Sir Francis Molamure and the kraal was built around a natural water spring, “Diya Bubula”.