Aniwatta West

Aniwatta West is a locality in Kandy and Four Gravets Gangawata Division, Kandy District, Central Province. Aniwatta West is situated nearby to the locality Huduhumpola, as well as near the quarter Haloluwa.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic and Kandy railway station.

Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic

Buddhist temple

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

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.

Kandy railway station

Railway station

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

Kandy railway station is a major railway station in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The station is served by Sri Lanka Railways and is the primary railway station in Kandy and one of the most significant in the central hills.

National Hospital, Kandy

Hospital

Photo: MediaJet, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The National Hospital Kandy is the second largest Hospital in Sri Lanka with a bed strength of 2741 and is the major tertiary care unit in the Central Province. In 2019, Teaching Hospital Kandy was upgraded as the second National Hospital of Sri Lanka.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kandy and Peradeniya.

Kandy

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

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.

Peradeniya

Suburb

Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Peradeniya is a suburb of the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka with about 30,000 inhabitants. It is situated on the A1 main road, a few kilometres west of Kandy city centre. Peradeniya is situated 3½ km southwest of Aniwatta West.

Mahaiyawa

Suburb

Mahaiyawa is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province.

Aniwatta West

Type: Locality
Location: Kandy and Four Gravets Gangawata Division, Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

7.2856° or 7° 17′ 8″ north

Longitude

80.617° or 80° 37′ 1″ east

Elevation

515 metres (1,690 feet)

Open location code

6MV27JP8+6R

GeoNames ID

7433101

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