Athurugiriya

Athurugiriya
අතුරුගිරිය
அத்துருகிரிய
Suburb
Motto: 
Colombo
Athurugiriya is located in Colombo District
Athurugiriya
Athurugiriya
Location of Athurugiriya in Colombo District
Coordinates: 6°53′32″N 79°56′34″E / 6.89222°N 79.94278°E / 6.89222; 79.94278
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceWestern Province
DistrictColombo District
Elevation
30 m (100 ft)
Population
 • Suburb
84,278
 • Urban
5,799
 • Metro
78,479
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (SLT)
Postal Code
10150 [1]

Athurugiriya is a suburb of Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the Kotte-Bope Road (B 240) about 21 km (13 mi) away from the centre of the commercial capital Colombo. This suburb is a highly sought after residential centre in Colombo.

History

The history of the area dates back to at least 212 BC. The historic cave temple complex, Korathota Raja Maha Vihara, is located 3 km (1.9 mi) north of the city centre. This temple has two Brahmi inscriptions and one of them records that a cave at the site was offered to Maha Sanga (Buddhist monks) by a daughter of Mahachula Mahatissa.[2] The second one says one cave was offered to Maha Sanga by a provincial leader called Sumana.[3]

Transport

Athurugiriya has one of the interchanges of Outer Circular Expressway, which is located at Pore, about 1 km (0.62 mi) from Colombo centre.

Athurugiriya is a major urban centre located along the road connecting Malabe on New Kandy Road, and Godagama on High Level Road. In addition, Kaduwela and Thalawathugoda are major urban centres nearby.

Residential

Athurugiriya is a highly sought after residential area in Colombo. Many important government office complexes; such as Sethsiripaya, Suhurupaya, Isurupaya and many other government institutions in Denzil Kobbekaduwa Mawatha; are situated within 10 km (6.2 mi) of Athurugiriya.

Upper-middle class housing complex Millennium City is located within 1 km (0.62 mi) from Athurugiriya.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Athurugiriya Post Office - Sri Lanka Postal Codes - Mohanjith". Archived from the original on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  2. ^ "Korathota Raja Maha Viharaya". LankaPradeepa. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  3. ^ "Census of Population and Housing 2011". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-04-06.

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