Dodanduwa is a small coastal town situated in

Galle District Galle ( si, ගාල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කය ''gālla distrikkaya''; ta, காலி மாவட்டம் ''Kāli māvattam'') is a district in Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It is one of 25 districts of Sri Lanka, th ...

, Southern Province of

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. The town is located approximately north of

Galle Galle ( si, ගාල්ල, translit=Gālla; ta, காலி, translit=Kāli) (formerly Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, from Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Southern ...

and south of

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 me ...

. Prior to the

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, Dodanduwa was known as the commercial centre for Salt Fish or Jaadi.

Transport

Road

Located on the A2 highway ( Colombo-Galle-Hambantota-Wellawaya) a part of the

road.

Rail

Dodanduwa railway station is the 45th station on the Coastal Line and is located from

. The station, constructed in 1900, has one platform and all non-express trains running on the Coastal Line stop at the station.

Education

The Sri Piyaratana School at Dodanduwa is the first Buddhist School in the country, and was inaugurated by

Sri Piyaratana Tissa Mahanayake Thero Sri Piyaratana Tissa Mahanayake Thero ( si, දොඩන්දුවේ ශ්‍රි පියරත්න තිස්ස මහ නායක ස්වාමින් වහන්සේ) (12 December 1826 - 20 May 1907), also known as Dodan ...

in 1869.

Religion

Island Hermitage Island Hermitage on (Polgasduwa) Dodanduwa Island, Galle District, Sri Lanka is a famous Buddhist forest monastery founded by Ven Nyanatiloka Mahathera in 1911. It’s a secluded place for Buddhist monks to study and meditate in the Buddhist ...

* Shailabimbarama Maha Viharaya * Morakola Gangarama Temple * Kumarakanda Maha Viharaya * Rajarama Purana Viharaya

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