Modara
Modara, also known as Mutwal (anglicised version), is a municipal ward of Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka.
Modara, also known as Mutwal (anglicised version), is a municipal ward of Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka. The mouth of the river Kelani Ganga also lies nearby. It is part of the postal area Colombo 15.
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Worth seeing in and around Modara
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01R. Premadasa Stadium
The R. Premadasa Cricket Stadium (Sinhala: ආර්. ප්රේමදාස ක්රීඩාංගනය, Tamil: ஆர்.
2.2 km · Cricket stadium in Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 02St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade
St. Anthony's Shrine is a Catholic church in the Archdiocese of Colombo in Sri Lanka.
2.5 km · church in Colombo, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 03Wolvendaal Church
Wolvendaal Church is located in Pettah, a neighbourhood of Colombo. It is one of the most important Dutch colonial-era buildings in Sri Lanka and is one of the oldest Protestant churches still in use in the country.
2.6 km · church building in Colombo District, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 04Hamilton Canal
The Hamilton Canal is a 14.5 km canal in Sri Lanka, connecting Puttalam to Colombo via Negombo. The canal was constructed by the British in 1802 and completed in 1804.
2.5 km · canal in Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 05Postal museum, Colombo
Postal museum is a Sri Lanka's national museum of post that located at the Postal Headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Firstly, the postal museum was functioned at the Central Telegraph Office during 1918–1925, and moved to General Post Office in 1994.
4 km · Sri Lankan national museum of post · Wikipedia - 06Khan Clock Tower
The Khan Clock Tower was built in Colombo, Sri Lanka by the Khan Family of Bombay. The Clock Tower is a popular landmark and marks the entrance to Pettah Market.
3.8 km · clock tower in Colombo, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 07Colombo Grand Mosque
The Grand Mosque of Colombo is a mosque located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The mosque has a history that goes back over 1200 years.
2.8 km · mosque in Colombo, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 08Ocean University of Sri Lanka
Ocean University of Sri Lanka is a special purpose public university in Sri Lanka. Known earlier as the National Institute of Fisheries and Nautical Engineering, it was established in 2014 by the Ocean University of Sri Lanka Act, No.
900 m · university for fishing, marine and nautical engineering · Wikipedia - 09Pettah Market
The Pettah Market also called Manning Market is an open market in the suburb of Pettah in the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka. The entrance to the Pettah Market is marked formally by a tall monument in the centre of a roundabout, known as the Khan Clock Tower which was built by the family of Framjee Bhickajee Khan, an eminent Parsi family from Bombay who used to have substantial business interests in the country and who also owned the Colombo Oil Mills.
3.8 km · building in Colombo, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 10Maha Kali Amman Temple, Mutwal
Maha Kali Amman Temple is a Hindu temple situated in Mutwal, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is dedicated to Mahakali, the Hindu goddess of destruction and doomsday.
1.3 km · Hindu temple in Western, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia
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Getting to Modara
- Airports
- Colombo Ratmalana (RML), 15 km · Bandaranaike International Colombo (CMB), 25 km
- Stations
- Colombo Harbour, 3.5 km · Fort Railway Station, 3.9 km · Maradana Railway Station, 3.5 km · Kelani River-Peliyagoda Waterdrome, 1.3 km
- Jaffna → Modara395 km · quickest by road, 10h 36m · Rs4,620–6,150
- Thiruvananthapuram → Modara438 km · quickest by air, 8h 20m · ₹14,910–22,760
- Tiruchirappalli → Modara546 km · quickest by air, 8h 42m · ₹15,890–24,260
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Modara
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Modara. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIt can also handle international charter flights.
- Get inYou can also take a tri-shaw aka tuk-tuk from the bus depot (get there by free airport shuttle bus), it takes a bit more than an hour and is Rs 2,500 (2024) from airport to Galle Road.
- Get inTake either the free airport shuttle to the bus station and then follow the road (Canada Friendship) to the Katunayaka South station (nearly 2 km, if you don't have luggage) otherwise just to take a tuk tuk right from the airport to the train station.
- Get aroundGetting around by Tri-shaw (Three wheeler, tuk-tuk) is most convenient.
- Get aroundBut it's best to hail a meter taxi (identified by the words "Meter Taxi" on its windshield) that is traveling in the direction that you need to go instead of hiring one from the parking area or the tuk-tuk stand.
From Wikivoyage: Colombo, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Modara
Modara is 4 km from Colombo, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Colombolargest city and de facto capital of Sri Lanka4 km
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- Wattalasuburb in Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka2.8 km
- Pettahsuburb in Western Province, Sri Lanka3.8 km
- Hultsdorfsuburb in Western Province, Sri Lanka2.7 km
- Dematagodasuburb in Western Province, Sri Lanka3.3 km