Upatissa was purohita (Vedic priest) to and a chief government minister under King Vijaya of Sri Lanka. He built the city of Upatissa Nuwara which he named after himself. This became the second Sinhalese kingdom in Sri Lanka.

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He was the King of Upatissa Nuwara for a short period after the death of Prince Vijaya until the arrival from India of the heir to the throne, King Panduvasdeva.

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