Coordinates | 3°8′51″N101°41′36″N |
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name | Rajagiriya |
native name | රාජගිරිය |
settlement type | Suburb |
pushpin map | Sri Lanka |
coordinates region | LK |
subdivision type | Country |
subdivision name | Sri Lanka |
subdivision type2 | Province |
subdivision name2 | Western Province |
subdivision type3 | District |
subdivision name3 | Colombo District |
leader title | Mayor |
unit pref | Metric |
utc offset | -5 |
timezone | Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone |
utc offset | +5:30 |
postal code type | Postal Code |
footnotes | }} |
Rajagiriya is one of the main residential and Commercial suburbs after Nugegoda in the Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte municipal limits. Rajagiriya is bordered by Borella and Ethul Kotte.
The name Rajagiriya came from the former Governor's residence, the grounds of which extended from Madinnagoda Road in the north to the Cotta road in the south. The house and grounds were later purchased by Ananda Coomaraswamy. According to historian Douglas Ranasinghe, a Malayali servant of Coomaraswamy's saw a large mongoose in the garden and shouted 'Raja kiriya' (meaning 'large mongoose') and the name stuck.
The house was later purchased by Anagarika Dharmapala. The Hewavitharana Textile Training School was built within the grounds and later Hewavitharana Maha Vidyalaya. The house and the truncated lands were later acquired by the Obeyesekere family and it is generally known as the 'Obeyesekere Walauwa'.
The area developed because of plumbago, which was shipped up the canal network from Ingiriya in the Kalutara district for purification at the Welikada graphite works.
The area around the Ethul Kotte bridge became a light industrial area, with the 'Electroplastics' and 'Pinnacle' factories and the Ceylon Transport Board's ticket machine workshops.
Several historic buildings in the area have been destroyed. These include the ancient Ambalama (rest house) and the 'Welikada Hotel and Bakery' at the Welikada junction, The 'Shermila' cinema (originally the Kotte urban development council's first market) and several old houses.
Many of the area's marshes, which were the habitat of birds within the Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Bird Sanctuary, and which were designated as flood-retention areas, were filled up and built on in spite of the protests of the residents.
In the late 1970s the government of JR Jayawardene ran a major road through the very middle of the EW Perera Park (which commemorated a national hero and was the venue for Football, Cricket and other sports). The Pavilion built by Stanley Tillekeratne was converted into a Police station.
The Rajagiriya postal area (also known as the Welikada postal area) also includes Kotiyagoda and Kalapaluwawa within the Kaduwela Pradeshiya Sabha council limits.
Rajagiriya within the Kotte municipal limits comprises:
Category:Populated places in Western Province, Sri Lanka
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