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Athurugiriya
Athurugiriya is a suburb of Colombo in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the Kotte-Bope Road (B 240) about away from the centre of the commercial capital Colombo. This suburb is a highly sought after residential centre in Colombo. History History of the area dates back to at least 212 BC. The historic cave temple complex, Korathota Raja Maha Vihara, is located north from the city centre. Brahmi inscriptions on the cave temple mention a dedication from the daughter of King Walagamba and a local official. This temple has two important historical inscriptions, which says this temple was offer to Maha Sanga by a daughter of Mahachula Mahatissa. Second one says one cave offered to Maha Sanga by a provincial leader call Sumana. Transport Athurugiriya has one of the interchanges of Outer Circular Expressway, which is located at Pore, about from Colombo centre. Athurugiriya is a major urban centre located along the road connecting Malabe on New Kandy Road, and Godag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outer Circular Expressway
The Colombo Outer Circular Expressway (also known as the Outer Circular Highway (OCH), Colombo Inter-provincial Orbital Router or the Arthur C. Clarke Expressway) is a highway in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It was opened in sections. The long outer circular road network links the Colombo - Matara Expressway with Colombo - Katunayake Expressway and the proposed Colombo - Kandy Expressway and will provide an orbital beltway to bypass the city of Colombo and reduce traffic congestion. The project is funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The expressway is named "Arthur C. Clarke Expressway" in honor of Arthur C. Clarke, a famous science fiction writer and futurist who lived in Sri Lanka from 1956 to his death in 2008. History The pre-feasibility study was carried out in 1992, five alternative traces have been studied. In 1999 a Feasibility Study was carried out under grant aid assistance from government of Japan. After the Environmental Impact Assessment was con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millennium City Incident
The Millennium City Scandal refers to a military scandal that took place within the Millennium City housing scheme, Athurugiriya, Sri Lanka on 2 January 2002. Widespread media coverage and miscommunication between the Directorate of Military Intelligence and the Sri Lanka Police resulted in the exposure of military covert operations units known as the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols of the Sri Lanka Army. Identities of its members were classified and known to only to a few high-ranking military officers and the President of Sri Lanka. Incident On 2 January 2002, a special team of Sri Lanka Police led by Superintendent of Police (Special Operations, Kandy district), Kulasiri Udugampola, raided a safe house maintained by the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) of the Sri Lanka Army at Millennium City housing scheme: No. 844, Kaduwela road, Athurugiriya. The police team arrested five Army soldiers, including a Captain (Captain Shahul Hameed Nilam, Commanding Officer of the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malabe
Malabe ( si, මාළබේ, ta, மாலபே) is a suburb of Colombo in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the New Kandy Road (Kaduwela Road) about away from the centre of the commercial capital Colombo. This suburb is a crucial economic centre in Colombo. Etymology The name ‘Malabe’, is believed to be derived from the classical Sinhala name ''Maha Lahamba'', meaning "the large forest". Industries Malabe is the home to the MillenniumIT (known as Millennium Information Technologies or MIT), a Sri Lankan-based information technology firm that specialises in electronic trading systems and a fully owned technology business sector of London Stock Exchange Group, SPAR. Education There is a number of state and private schools in Malabe and there are several private degree-awarding institutes. Private Higher Education Institutes *Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology *CINEC Maritime Campus *Horizon Campus Schools * Malabe Boys Model S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo metropolitan area has a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 in the Municipality. It is the financial centre of the island and a tourist destination. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to the Greater Colombo area which includes Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the legislative capital of Sri Lanka, and Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. Colombo is often referred to as the capital since Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is itself within the urban/suburban area of Colombo. It is also the administrative capital of the Western Province and the district capital of Colombo District. Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life, colonial buildings and monuments. Due to its large harbour and its strategic position along th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godagama
Godagama is a town close to city of Colombo Sri Lanka. It is located in Colombo District within the Western Province, Sri Lanka. Godagama is located on the High Level road at the main junction of the Avissawella to Colombo (A4) road and the Padukka to Borella (B242) road. Godagama falls within the Homagama electorate and Homagama divisional secretariat which is the largest population divisional secretariat in Sri Lanka (local government authority). Near by cities To the West - Homagama, Kottawa, Pannipitiya, Maharagama. To the East - Padukka, Hanwella. To the North- Athurugiriya, Malabe, Battaramulla, Kaduwela and to the South Pitipana, Meegoda Transport Railway: Kelani valley line Bus routes heading through Godagama Town: *69/122 - Maharagama - Kandy *18/122 Hatton *78/122 Nawalapitiya *98/122 Ampara *99 - Colombo - Badulla - Welimada - Passara - Balangoda - Bandarawela *122 - Colombo - Avissawella - Ratnapura - Embilipitiya - Suriyawewa - Rakwana *124 - Maharagama - I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millennium City, Sri Lanka
A millennium (plural millennia or millenniums) is a period of one thousand years, sometimes called a kiloannum (ka), or kiloyear (ky). Normally, the word is used specifically for periods of a thousand years that begin at the starting point (initial reference point) of the calendar in consideration (typically the year "1") and at later years that are whole number multiples of a thousand years after the start point. The term can also refer to an interval of time beginning on any date. Millennia sometimes have religious or theological implications (see millenarianism). The word ''millennium'' derives from the Latin ', thousand, and ', year. Debate over millennium celebrations There was a public debate leading up to the celebrations of the year 2000 as to whether the beginning of that year should be understood as the beginning of the “new” millennium. Historically, there has been debate around the turn of previous decades, centuries, and millennia. The issue arises from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzil Kobbekaduwa Mawatha
Denzil is a Cornish given name. It may refer to: People *Denzil Batchelor, British journalist and writer *Denzil Best, American jazz percussionist * Denzil Botus, Trinidadian pannist *Denzil Davies, British politician *Denzil Dean Harber, British Trotskyist leader * Denzil Dennis, Jamaican reggae singer *Denzil Dolley, South African field hockey player *Denzil Douglas, former Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis * Denzil Dowell, police shooting victim *Denzil Doyle, Canadian entrepreneur * Denzil Fernando (1923-2010), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician *Denzil Forrester, Grenada artist * Denzil Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue, British lieutenant colonel *Denzil Foster, one half of the American R&B duo Foster & McElroy * Denzil Franco, Indian footballer *Denzil Freeth, British politician * Denzil Hale, English footballer *Denzil Haroun, Manchester United Football Club club director * Denzil Hoaseb, Namibian footballer *Denzil Ibbetson, English administrator of British India * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thalawathugoda
Thalawathugoda ( si, තලවතුගොඩ, ta, தலவத்துகொட) is a suburb of Colombo. It is located approximately from the city centre of Colombo, adjacent to Battaramulla and Pelawatte on the Borella-Kottawa Road, bordering Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte. The Diyawanna Oya (Parliament Lake) forms the "Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte" boundary of Thalawathugoda. The suburb is a rapidly developing residential area with many facilities. New modern luxury housing schemes are being developed around Kalalgoda Road and Hokandara Road to cater to high end housing demand. A notable expatriate and upper middle class local population resides in Thalawathugoda. Hospitals * Sri Jayawardenepura Hospital * Hemas Hospital * Sri Nara Ayrvedic medical center Schools * Agramathya College * i-GATE College * Vidura College Banks * Nations Trust Bank * Sampath Bank * Commercial Bank * Bank Of Ceylon * Hatton National Bank * People's Bank * National Savings Bank * Pan Asia Bank * Citi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaduwela, Western Province
Kaduwela ( si, කඩුවෙල, ta, கடுவெலை) is a suburb of Colombo in the Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is located about from Colombo city centre on the Colombo - Avissawella Old Road (Low Level Road) and about from Kollupitiya on the New Kandy Road from Ethulkotte to Kandy. Etymology Kaduwela was originally ''Kadudevola'', a compound of ''Kadu'' (sword) and ''Devola'' (shrine). It was the location of a shrine of the goddess Pattini, linked to a golden sword used in the 'water cutting' ritual. The shrine is called the ''Purana Rankadu Pattini Maha Devale'' (ancient great shrine of the golden-sword Pattini). In another possibility Kaduwela simply means the jungle paddy field. Kadu means jungle (Sorata Thera's Sinhala–Sinhala dictionary) and wela means paddy field. There is also another Kaduwela in the Ukuwela division of Matale district According to Robert Percival of the 19th Regiment of Foot, during the Revolt of 1797 against the Dutch, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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