Aluvihare Colony | |
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Village | |
  Aluvihare Colony | |
| Coordinates: 7°30′09″N80°37′02″E / 7.5026°N 80.6171°E [1] | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Central Province |
| District | Matale District |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time) |
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Aluvihare Colony is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province's Matale District.
Provinces are the first level administrative divisions of Sri Lanka. Currently, Sri Lanka is divided into 9 provinces. Each province is further divided into districts, which are further divided into divisional secretariats.
Matale is a major city in Central Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative capital and largest urbanised city of Matale District. Matale is also the second largest urbanised and populated city in Central Province. It is located at the heart of the Central Highlands of the island and lies in a broad, green fertile valley at an elevation of 364 m (1,194 ft) above sea level. Surrounding the city are the Knuckles Mountain Range, the foothills were called Wiltshire by the British. They have also called this place as Matelle.
North Central Province is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka. The province has an area of 10,472 km2, making it the largest province by area, and a population of 1,266,663, making it the 3rd least populated province. The city of Anuradhapura is the capital of the province.
Matale District is a district in Central Province, Sri Lanka. It is one of 25 districts of Sri Lanka. A district is the second level administrative division of the country and is administered by a District Secretariat, headed by a District Secretary appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka. The administrative capital and largest city of the district is Matale.
The Central Province is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka. The province has an area of 5,674 km2 and a population of 2,421,148, making it the 2nd most populated province. The city of Kandy is the capital of the province.
Ranjith Jinatissa Aluwihare is a Sri Lankan politician. He is a representative of Matale District for the United National Party in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is also the most senior member of the parliament for the United National Party from the Matale District. He is currently the Hon. State Minister of Tourism. He resides in Matale, Aluvihare. He is the son of Alick Aluwihare and brother of Wasantha Aluwihare.
Matale electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Matale in the Central province. The district currently elects five of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 342,684 registered electors in 2010.
Ranjit or Renjith may refer to:
Aluvihare is a suburb of Matale, in Central Province of Sri Lanka. It lies 3.5 km (2.2 mi) north of Matale and 150 km (93 mi) north-east of the capital Colombo.
Aluwihare is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Matale District, which lies in Central Province. The village is famous because of Aluvihare Rock Temple.
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The Aluvihare Rock Temple is a sacred Buddhist temple located in Aluvihare, Matale District of Sri Lanka. Surrounded by hills, the Aluvihara cave temple is situated 30 km north of Kandy on the Matale-Dambulla road. The history of Aluvihare Rock Temple is traced back to the 3rd Century B.C to the reign of King Devanampiyatissa. It is believed that the King built the dagoba, planted the Bo sapling and founded the temple after the introduction of Buddhism to the country during his reign.
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Uda Walawwe Bernard Herbert Aluwihare also known as Bernard Aluwihare was a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician who served in both the State Council of Ceylon and Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was a Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament from Matale. He became the Minister for Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs in Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet in 1960.
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