Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte
Ananda Sastralaya is a public boys school located in Kotte, Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1890 as Kotte Buddhist English Mixed School. In 1952 a part of the school land was designated by the Government as an archaeological site since an underground residence of a Buddhist place of worship was discovered at the site.- Type: School
- Description: national school in Kotte, Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Ananda Sastralaya kotte”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lanka Hospitals and Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall.
Lanka Hospitals
Hospital
Lanka Hospital is multi-speciality tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka and is one of the largest private hospitals in the country. It is a subsidiary of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation. Lanka Hospitals is situated 3 km west of Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte.
Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall
Convention center
Photo: Dan Lundberg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall is a convention center located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Built between 1970 and 1973, the convention centre was a gift from the People's Republic of China in memory of Solomon Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, Prime Minister. Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall is situated 4 km northwest of Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte.
Gateway College
School
The Gateway Group is an educational conglomerate in Sri Lanka. Established in 1986 by R. I. T. Alles, former State Secretary of Education and Sri Lankan educator, the Gateway Group's subsidiaries include international schools, graduate education, and professional training throughout the country and abroad. Gateway College is situated 2 km north of Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte and Nawala.
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
Photo: Hkn89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is the capital city of Sri Lanka. In practice, it is a suburb of Colombo, which completely surrounds it. Over 100,000 people live in Kotte itself.
Nawala
Village
Photo: Honeplus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nawala is an up-market residential suburb of Colombo, within the Kotte municipality in the western province of Sri Lanka, and is approximately 6 km south of Colombo City.
Nugegoda
Town
Photo: Honeplus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nugegoda is a large, densely populated suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is located just south of Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte/Maharagama and north-east of Dehiwela Mt. Lavinia. It has a population of over 250,000 people.
Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte
- Category: education
- Location: Sri Jayawardanapur, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
6.88293° or 6° 52′ 59″ northLongitude
79.90271° or 79° 54′ 10″ eastOpen location code
6JRXVWM3+53OpenStreetMap ID
node 679023681OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolWikidata ID
Q4751312
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In Other Languages
“Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte” goes by many names.
- Sinhala: “ආනන්ද ශාස්ත්රාලය, කෝට්ටේ”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fitness Plus and St Thomas.
Nearby Places
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