Boralesgamuwa is a city on the Colombo-Horana Road about south-east of the commercial capital
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo m ...
. The Boralesgamuwa junction was formerly known as Nagass Handiya.
One of Sri Lanka's largest
kaolin
Kaolinite ( ) is a clay mineral, with the chemical composition Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4. It is an important industrial mineral. It is a layered silicate mineral, with one tetrahedral sheet of silica () linked through oxygen atoms to one octahedral ...
deposits is in Boralesgamuwa. The
Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya
Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya is a Buddhist temple situated in Bellanwila, Colombo District, Sri Lanka. Located around 12 km south to the Colombo city, near Dehiwala - Maharagama road, the temple attracts hundreds of devotees daily and is famou ...
is very close to the Boralesgamuwa.
The post code of Boralesgamuwa is 10290.
Nearby places
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Hospital
* Boralesgamuwa Wawa is a lake along the
Maharagama
Maharagama is an outer suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka on the High-Level (A4) Road about from the centre of the commercial capital. It developed rapidly in the 1980s as a dormitory suburb. Governed by the Maharagama Urban Council, the town possesse ...
–Boralesgamuwa Road.
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* Attidiya Bird Sanctuary is the natural sanctuary closest to Colombo.
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Weras Ganga Park
The Weras Ganga Park (also known as ''Weras Ganga Bellanwila Recreation Park'') is a public park located in Bellanwila area, next to the Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
History
Weras Ganga Park was opened in 2014 as a part ...
Maps
Detailed map of Boralesgamuwa vicinity and Sri Lanka
References
Populated places in Western Province, Sri Lanka
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