Mahaiyawa
Mahaiyawa is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province. Mahaiyawa has about 8,000 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Asgiriya Stadium and Asgiri Maha Viharaya.
Asgiriya Stadium
Pitch
Asgiriya Stadium, is a cricket ground located in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Uniquely owned by Trinity College, Kandy, it is situated a short distance away from the city centre.
Asgiri Maha Viharaya
Buddhist temple
Asgiri Maha Viharaya is a Buddhist monastery located in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is the headquarters of the Asgiriya Chapter of Siyam Nikaya, one of the two Buddhist monasteries that holds the custodianship of sacred tooth relic of Buddha kept in Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy.
Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic
Buddhist temple
Sri Dalada Maligawa, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, is a Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in the Royal Palace Complex of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Asgiriya and Kandy.
Asgiriya
Suburb
Asgiriya is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province. There is a village named Asgiriya in Gampaha district as well, off Gampaha town, in Western Province.
Kandy
Kandy is in the centre of Sri Lanka 125 km away from Colombo and is generally recognised as the island nation's cultural capital. It is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Aruppola
Suburb
Aruppola is a suburb of Kandy, Sri Lanka. Aruppola is located about 4 kilometers from the heart of the Kandy City. Aruppola is popular for its government-funded Technical College.
Mahaiyawa
- Type: Suburb with 8,000 residents
- Description: village in Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Poorna Watta West, Kandy and Four Gravets Gangawata Division, Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
7.30166° or 7° 18′ 6″ northLongitude
80.63317° or 80° 37′ 59″ eastPopulation
8,000Elevation
531 metres (1,742 feet)Open location code
6MV28J2M+M7OpenStreetMap ID
node 4458972189OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
1237028Wikidata ID
Q15243684
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Mahaiyawa” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mahaiyawa”
- Dutch: “Mahaiyawa”
- Irish: “Mahaiyawa”
- Persian: “ماهیاوا”
- Swedish: “Mahaiyawa”
- Uzbek: “Mahaiyawa”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sri Muthumariamman Temple and Kandy Secretariat Post Office.
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