Editing Vedda (section)

===Religion===
The original religion of Veddas is [[animism]]. The Sinhalized interior Veddahs follow a mix of animism and nominal [[Buddhism]]; whereas the Tamilized east coast Veddahs follow a mix of animism and nominal [[Hinduism]] with [[Dravidian folk religion|folk]] influences among anthropologists.{{clarify|date=March 2020}}

One of the most distinctive features of Vedda religion is the worship of dead ancestors, who are called ''nae yaku'' among the Sinhala-speaking Veddas and are invoked for the game and [[Yam (vegetable)|yam]]s.{{sfn|Seligmann|Seligmann|1911|pp=123-135}} There are also peculiar deities unique to Veddas, such as ''Kande Yakka''.{{sfn|Seligmann|Seligmann|1911|pp=30-31}}

Veddas, along with the Island's [[Buddhist]], [[Hindu]] and [[Muslim]] communities, venerate the temple complex situated at [[Kataragama]], showing the [[syncretism]] that has evolved over 2,000 years of coexistence and assimilation. Kataragama is supposed to be the site where the Hindu god Skanda or [[Murugan]] in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] met and married a local tribal girl, [[Valli]], who in Sri Lanka is believed to have been a Vedda.<ref name="Kataragama">{{Cite web|url=https://kataragama.org/|title=Ruhuṇu Kataragama Dēvālaya &#124; Katirkāmam Murugan Kōvil &#124; dedicated to Kataragama deviyo|website=kataragama.org|accessdate=26 May 2023}}</ref>

There are a number of less famous [[shrine]]s across the island which are sacred to the Veddas as well as to other communities.<ref name="Kataragama" />