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Homagama is a town in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka, about 24 kilometres (15 mi) south-east of Colombo. The Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha consists of the Homagama divisional secretariat and 10 GN division of Padukka DS division. The total Land area is about is 137 square kilometres (53 sq mi) of 90 GN division. The Pradeshiya Sabha was ...
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 ...
There are number of theories as to the origin of the shrine. According to Heinz Bechert [7] and Paul Younger, [8] the mode of veneration and rituals connected with Kataragama deviyo is a survival of indigenous Vedda mode of veneration that preceded the arrival of Buddhist and Indo-Aryan cultural influences from North India in Sri Lanka in the last centuries BCE, although Hindus, Buddhists and ...
Around 2nd century BC. The Tissamaharama Raja Maha Vihara is an ancient Buddhist temple in Tissamaharama, Southern Province of Sri Lanka. It was one of the four major Buddhist monasteries established in Sri Lanka, after the arrival of Arhant Mahinda Thera to the country. The site of the Tissamaharama Raja Maha Vihara was consecrated by Buddha ...
railway station Code District Elevation m Distance between Colombo Fort Km; Colombo Fort: FOT Colombo: 4.87 0 Maradana: MDA Colombo: 5.46 2.08 Dematagoda: DAG Colombo: 3.05
The 222-kilometre-long (138 mi) highway links the Sri Lankan capital Colombo with Galle, Matara and Hambantota, major cities in the south of the island. The Southern Expressway Project (SEP) was introduced by the Road Development Authority and the Ministry of Highways as far back as late 1980s.
237,905. • Density. 1,906/km 2 (4,940/sq mi) ISO 3166 code. EC-01L. The Homagama Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Colombo Electoral District, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka .
List of Fire Brigades. Colombo Fire Service Department - Colombo Municipal Council. Negombo Fire and Rescue - Negombo Municipal Council. Kotte Fire Brigade - Sri Jayawardanapura Kotte Municipal Council. Kandy Fire Brigade - Kandy Municipal Council. Gampaha Fire Service Department - Gampaha Municipal Council.