Mahara Prison
Mahara Prison is a maximum security prison, and is one of the largest prisons in Sri Lanka. Situated in the town of Mahara in the Western Province, it was built in 1875 by the British colonial government to ease the congestion at the Slave Island prison.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka.
Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka
Church
Photo: Michael Shehan Obeysekera, CC BY 2.0.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka is a Roman Catholic basilica in Tewatte, Sri Lanka. Being thus in a somewhat distant suburb of Colombo, it comes under the purview of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo and is a site of pilgrimage for Sri Lankan Catholics.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ragama and Kirimetiyagara.
Ragama
Town
Ragama is an outer suburb of Colombo, located in the Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is governed by the Ja-Ela Divisional Secretariat.
Kirimetiyagara
Hamlet
Kirimetiyagara is a small village situated in the western part of Sri Lanka. The distance to Colombo, the commercial capital of Sri Lanka, is about 10 miles from Kirimetiyagara. Kirimetiyagara is situated 3 km south of Mahara Prison.
Kadawatha
Town
Kadawatha is a large suburb of Gampaha, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the A1 highway, approximately 16 km away from the centre of Colombo. Kadawatha is situated 3 km southeast of Mahara Prison.
Mahara Prison
- Type: Locality
- Description: maximum security prison in Sri Lanka
- Category: prison
- Location: Dambuwa, Ja-Ela Division, Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Spanish—“Mahara Prison” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “မဟရထောင်”
- Japanese: “マハーラ刑務所”
- Sinhala: “මහර බන්ධනාගාරය”
- Spanish: “Prision de Mahara”
- Spanish: “Prisión de Mahara”
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