Vidyalankara Pirivena is one of the largest Buddhist

pirivena A pirivena (plural: piriven) is a monastic college for the education of monks in Sri Lanka. In ancient time, they were also centers of secondary and higher education for lay people. As of 2018, 753 piriven have been founded and maintained by the Min ...

s in

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 ...

. Located in

Peliyagoda Peliyagoda is a town in the Western Province of Sri Lanka, lying mostly on the north shore of the Kelani River. As of 2020 it had an estimated population of 28, 784. The Airport Expressway's entry point and the Toll Plaza starts from the Peli ...

, it is nearly 150 years old. Under the pirivena's leadership, several schools were started in the region; one is

Sri Dharmaloka College Sri Dharmaloka College is a national school in the Western province of Sri Lanka, situated near the Kelaniya Temple. The school was established in 1938 at the premises of Vidyalankara Pirivena. In the 1950s, the college moved to its current locat ...

, one of the national schools in the region. Vidyalankara Pirivena was founded on November 1, 1875, by Venerable Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera.Erudite monk
Sunday Times In 1978, it became the University of Kelaniya.

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http://www.vidyalankara.org/ Buddhist universities and colleges Piriven in Sri Lanka Buddhism in Sri Lanka Schools in Colombo District Archaeological protected monuments in Gampaha District {{reli-struct-stub