Peradeniya

Peradeniya පේරාදෙණිය பேராதனை
suburb
Peradeniya Botanical garden
Peradeniya Location in Sri Lanka
Coordinates: 7°16′N 80°36′E / 7.267°N 80.600°E / 7.267; 80.600
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Central Province
District	Kandy District
Population
• Total	30,000
Time zone	+5.30
Post Code	20400

Peradeniya (Sinhala: පේරාදෙණිය, romanized: Pēradeniya; Tamil: பேராதனை, romanized: Pērātaṉai) is a suburb of the city of Kandy, about 30,000 inhabitants in Sri Lanka. It is situated on the A1 main road, just a few kilometres west of Kandy city centre. Peradeniya is supposed to take its name from pera (guava) and deniya (a plain).^[1]

Peradeniya is famous for the Royal Botanical Gardens of Peradeniya. It is situated in a slope of the Mahaweli river and attracts many visitors from Sri Lanka as well as from abroad.

Another key attribute of this suburb is the University of Peradeniya. Its buildings are of mixed colonial and traditional Sri Lankan/South Asian styles, and located amongst the lush vegetation of the hill country. The Department of Agriculture is also located here. The Sri Lanka Telecom Training Centre is situated here.

West of the suburb lies the small historical town of Kadugannawa.

References

External links

• The University of Peradeniya
• Pictures of the Campus

7°16′N 80°36′E / 7.267°N 80.600°E / 7.267; 80.600

This page was last edited on 17 November 2023, at 12:03