CALTURA, a small sea-port town in the district of the
same name in Ceylon. It stands on the Kalu Ganga river,
about 26 miles south from Colombo, in the centre of a fer-
tile and salubrious district, and is much resorted to by in-
valids. It was formerly the station of a garrison, and is
still the seat of an inferior judicial court. It enjoys a con-
siderable share in the coasting-trade, with Madras and the
Eastern ports.