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Soragune Devalaya(also known as Soragune Kuda Katharagama Devalaya) is a Devalaya Shrine situated in Soraguna village in Haldummulla in Badulla District, Sri Lanka. It has been dedicated to God Kataragama, a Sinhalese deity who is considered as one of the patron deities of the Buddha Sasana in Sri Lanka.

The history of Soragune Devalaya can be dated back to the 16th century (Uduwara, 1990). According to the ola document which contains the history of this shrine, a village named Medagama had been bestowed to gods by a ruler named Udarata Yapa after he was cured from a throat ailment he was affected with (Uduwara, 1990). It is said that the name of this village (Medagama) underwent a change and began to call as Soragune when Udarata Yapa regained his voice in this village (Uduwara, 1990). Later, a Devalaya dedicated to God Kataragama was constructed at this site by the name Medagama Kuda Kataragama Devalaya (Priyadarshani & Gunasena, 2017; Uduwara, 1990).

The Devalaya was destroyed during the 1818 Uva–Wellassa uprising that occurred between native Kandyan rebels and the British (Uduwara, 1990). After that the shrine was restored time to time, and it was conserved to the present state by the Department of Archaeology by 1988 (Uduwara, 1990).