Maradana is a suburb of
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 me ...
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. Maradana is the site of
Maradana Railway Station, one of the primary railway hubs in the country, serving intercity rail and commuter rail. Maradana also has many railway yards and running sheds. A technical college, many national schools, the Lotus Tower, and business institutions are also located in the area.
A statue of
Colonel Henry Steel Olcott, the founder of the
Theosophical Society
The Theosophical Society, founded in 1875, is a worldwide body with the aim to advance the ideas of Theosophy in continuation of previous Theosophists, especially the Greek and Alexandrian Neo-Platonic philosophers dating back to 3rd century CE ...
and the first well-known person of European ancestry to make a formal conversion to Buddhism, is located in Maradana.
Schools
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Ananda College
''Appamādo Amathapadan''
(Buddhist quote from the Apramada Vagga in the Dhammapada)
, motto_translation = Heedfulness, Punctuality leads to Nirvana
, location = P De S Kularatne Mawatha
, city = Colo ...
*Asoka College
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Nalanda College, Colombo
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St. Joseph's College, Colombo
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Zahira College, Colombo
*Ananda Balika Vidyalaya
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Viharamahadevi Balika Vidyalaya
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Brighton International School
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Unique International School
Transport
Located next to the
Elphinstone Theatre and near the Maradana Railway Yards,
Maradana railway station is a major railway hub. Served by
Sri Lanka Railways
The Sri Lanka Railway Department (more commonly known as Sri Lanka Railways (SLR)) ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා දුම්රිය සේවය ''Śrī Laṃkā Dumriya Sēvaya''; Tamil: இலங்கை புகையிரத ...
, it provides one of the two main rail gateways to Colombo.
Colombo Fort Station is a couple kilometres away from Maradana Station. The station is served by the
Main line, which leads to several other major routes in the railway network, the
Kelani Valley Line, which connects Maradana with many other area of Colombo, and the
Coastal line, leading to Galle and Matara.
References
Districts of Colombo
Populated places in Western Province, Sri Lanka
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