Central Province
Kandy District
Kandy & Four Gravets Gangawata Division

Bogambara Prison

Bogambara Prison was a maximum security prison and the second largest prison in the country after in , . After operating for 138 years, the prison was closed on 1 January 2014, and the inmates were transferred to the new Dumbara prison complex in .
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Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: former prison in Sri Lanka
  • Also known as: “Bogambara”
  • Address: Kandy

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic and National Museum of Kandy.

Buddhist temple
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
Sri Dalada Maligawa, commonly known in English as the , is a Buddhist temple in , Sri Lanka. It is located in the of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha.

Museum
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The in , is located next to the in part of the former Royal Palace of Kandy. The primary exhibits are housed in the Palle Vahala building, which was the former home of the King's harem.

Museum
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The Royal Palace of Kandy, situated in , , is a historical complex that served as the official residence for the monarchs of the Kingdom of Kandy until the advent of British colonial rule in 1815.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kandy and Sirimalwatta.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is in the centre of 125 km away from Colombo and is generally recognised as the island nation's cultural capital. It is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Suburb
is a village in . It is located within .

Village
is a village in . It is located within . is situated 4½ km north of Bogambara Prison.

Bogambara Prison

Latitude
7.2907° or 7° 17′ 26″ north
Longitude
80.6354° or 80° 38′ 8″ east
Elevation
504 metres (1,654 feet)
Open location code
6MV27JRP+75
Open­Street­Map ID
way 172889209
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
8302000
Wiki­data ID
Q4937357
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Sinhala—“Bogambara Prison” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ဘိုဂမ်ဘရာထောင်”
  • Sinhala: “බෝගම්බර බන්ධනාගාරය”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bogambara Prison”. Photo: A.Savin, FAL.