Bindunuwewa

Bindunuwewa is a village in Bandarawela Divisional Secretariat, Badulla District, Uva and has an elevation of 1,230 metres. Bindunuwewa is situated nearby to the village Ettalapitiya, as well as near the hamlet Kebillawela North.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bandarawela railway station and Dhowa rock temple.

Bandarawela railway station

Railway station

Photo: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bandarawela railway station is a railway station in Sri Lanka. It is the 71st and eighth last railway station on the Main Line, and is 258.72 km away from Colombo.

Dhowa Rock Temple or Dowa Raja Maha Viharaya is a heritage listed rock temple in Sri Lanka, located in the central mountains of the Uva Province. It is adjacent to Dhowa, a small village situated on the Badulla-Bandarawela main road.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bandarawela and Ella.

Bandarawela

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bandarawela is the second largest town in the Badulla District which is 28 km away from Badulla. Bandarawela is 200 km away from Colombo and about 125 km away from Kandy, the two largest cities of Sri Lanka.

Ella

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

Ella is a beautiful small town on the southern edge of Sri Lanka's Hill Country. It is popular with tourists and makes a great base from which to explore the surrounding countryside.

Diyatalawa

Town

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Diyatalawa is a town and former garrison settlement in the central highlands of Sri Lanka, in Badulla District of Uva Province. The town is associated with long-standing military training establishments, including the Sri Lanka Military Academy and the Sri Lanka Air Force Combat Training School at Diyatalawa. Diyatalawa is situated 6 km southwest of Bindunuwewa.

Bindunuwewa

Type: Village
Category: locality
Location: Bandarawela Divisional Secretariat, Badulla District, Uva, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

6.8458° or 6° 50′ 45″ north

Longitude

80.9965° or 80° 59′ 47″ east

Elevation

1,230 metres (4,035 feet)

Open location code

6MR2RXWW+8J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4978895853

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

11991701

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