 Wariyapola Sumangala of Asgiriya fled to Hanguranketa with the tooth relic casket which resulted in a more vigorous phase of the rebellion, as Sinhalese believed that whoever possessed the tooth relic is the rightful ruler of the country.By September 1817 two rebel leaders Madugalle Basnayake Nilame and Ellepola Adikaram surrendered to the British and Pilimatalawe led the rebellion.The British captured Ellepola who was the Dissawa of Viyaluwa and a brother of Maha Adikaram Ehelepola and beheaded them in Bogambara on 27 October 1818.