Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka
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.Photo: Michael Shehan Obeysekera, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church in Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
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 4 km south of Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka.
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 4 km southeast of Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka.
Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka
- Categories: minor basilica, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Ketagewatta, Ja-Ela Division, Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
7.0326° or 7° 1′ 57″ northLongitude
79.93443° or 79° 56′ 4″ eastOpen location code
6JVX2WMM+2QOpenStreetMap ID
node 2362887712OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q4867360
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Basílica de Nostra Senyora de Lanka”
- Danish: “Basilika af Vor Frue af Lanka”
- Dutch: “Nationale Basiliek van Tewatte”
- French: “Basilique Notre-Dame de Lanka”
- German: “Basilika Unserer Lieben Frau von Lanka”
- Indonesian: “Basilika Bunda Maria dari Lanka”
- Italian: “basilica of Our Lady of Lanka”
- Italian: “Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka”
- Sinhala: “tewatta jatika bacilika”
- Sinhala: “ලංකාවේ අප ස්වාමිදුවගේ බැසිලිකාව”
- Spanish: “Santuario y basílica de Nuestra Señora de Lanka”
- Spanish: “Santuario y Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Lanka”
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