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Athurugiriya

Coordinates: 6°53′32″N 79°56′34″E / 6.89222°N 79.94278°E / 6.89222; 79.94278
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Athurugiriya
අතුරුගිරිය
அத்துருகிரிய
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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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  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.