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Mulleriyawa

Mulleriyawa (මුල්ලේරියාව) is a suburb located within the greater metropolitan area of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The place

Mulleriyawa (මුල්ලේරියාව) is a suburb located within the greater metropolitan area of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Situated approximately 7 kilometers east of Colombo’s city center, Mulleriyawa occupies a strategic position along the Avissawella-Colombo road, providing convenient access to the heart of the capital and other surrounding areas.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Mulleriyawa

One place 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.

  1. 01
    Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara

    The Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara or Kelaniya Temple is a Buddhist temple in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. It is located 11 km north-east of Colombo.

    2.7 km · Temple in Sri Lanka · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Mulleriyawa

Airports
Colombo Ratmalana (RML), 13 km · Bandaranaike International Colombo (CMB), 28 km
  • Jaffna → Mulleriyawa
    304 km · quickest by air, 5h 11m · Rs17,620–27,340
  • Thiruvananthapuram → Mulleriyawa
    371 km · quickest by air, 5h 46m · ₹11,350–17,600
  • Tiruchirappalli → Mulleriyawa
    452 km · quickest by air, 6h 6m · ₹12,100–18,750
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Mulleriyawa

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 Mulleriyawa. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    EllaLK

    7 ways of moving, 30 sources

    123 km
  2. 02
    GaviIN

    6 ways of moving, 16 sources

    413 km
  3. 03
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    417 km
  4. 04
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    459 km
  5. 05
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    466 km

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Around it

Next door to Mulleriyawa

Mulleriyawa is 9 km from Colombo, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.