Pelawatte
Pelawatte also spelled Pelawatta is a part of Battaramulla main town which is a suburb of Colombo located near to the new Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Pelawatte also spelled Pelawatta is a part of Battaramulla main town which is a suburb of Colombo located near to the new Parliament of Sri Lanka. It is one of the overpopulated areas in the city.
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Worth seeing in and around Pelawatte
6 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.
- 01Kotte Museum
Kotte Museum is an archaeological Museum in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka. It is located at Bangala junction in Ethul Kotte, on the Borella-Pitakotte main road.
2.6 km · Archaeology museum in Kotte, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 02Siri Perakumba Pirivena
Siri Perakumba Pirivena is a historic Buddhist temple situated in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Western province, Sri Lanka. It is located at the entrance to Ethul Kotte on the Sri Jayawardenepura Mawatha road.
2.8 km · Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 03Diyasaru Park
Diyasaru Park, is 60 acre urban wetland park located in Thalawathugoda area of Sri Jayawardanapura, Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It comprises a range of wetland habitats such as marshes, flooded woodlands, lakes, and ponds.
1.2 km · zoo in Colombo, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 04Pita Kotte Gal Ambalama
Pita Kotte Gal Ambalama is a historic Ambalama building situated at Pita Kotte junction, Western province, Sri Lanka. It was used as a resting place or waiting place for the visitors who came to ancient capital of Kotte kingdom as well as Kotte Raja Maha Vihara.
3 km · building in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 05Diyatha Uyana
Diyatha Uyana is located at Polduwa junction, Battaramulla near the Waters Edge Hotel. The park has been constructed on marshy land on the banks of the Diyawanna Oya.
2.5 km · park in Battaramulla, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 06Sri Lankan Parliament Building
The Sri Lankan Parliament Complex is a public building and landmark that houses the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Situated in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the administrative capital, it is built on an island, surrounded by the Diyawanna Oya.
1.2 km · parliament building in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pelawatte
- Airports
- Colombo Ratmalana (RML), 9 km · Bandaranaike International Colombo (CMB), 33 km
- Jaffna → Pelawatte309 km · quickest by air, 4h 21m · Rs15,880–24,620
- Thiruvananthapuram → Pelawatte373 km · quickest by air, 4h 54m · ₹9,230–14,300
- Tiruchirappalli → Pelawatte457 km · quickest by air, 5h 16m · ₹10,210–15,800
- 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 Pelawatte
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 Pelawatte. 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 Pelawatte
Pelawatte is 10 km from Colombo, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Battaramullasuburb of the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka1.6 km
- Malabesuburb in Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka3.2 km
- Athurugiriyasuburb in Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka1.6 km
- Gothatuwa new townsuburb in Kolonnawa, Colombo, Western Province3.9 km
- Thalawathugodasuburb in Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka2.5 km
- Nagahamullasuburb in Western Province, Sri Lanka800 m