Yatihalagala Pallegama
Yatihalagala Pallegama is a village in Sri Lanka.
Yatihalagala Pallegama is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province.
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Worth seeing in and around Yatihalagala Pallegama
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.
- 01Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya
Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya are about 5.5 km to the west of the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. In 2016, the garden was visited by 1.2 million locals and 400,000 foreign visitors.
3.2 km · botanical garden in Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 02Asgiriya Stadium
Asgiriya Stadium, is a cricket ground located in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Uniquely owned by Trinity College, Kandy, it is situated a short distance away from the city centre.
3.7 km · cricket stadium in Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 03Kandy Clock Tower
The Kandy Clock Tower is located in the centre of Kandy, Sri Lanka, on the intersections of Sri Dalada Veediya, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Mawatha and Hiragedara Mawatha. A landmark of the city, the clock tower was built near to the Ismail Building in 1950 by Haji Mohamed Ismail as a monument and in memory of his son Mohamed Zacky Ismail, who lost his life in an accident in Kadugannawa in August, 1947.
3.9 km · monument in Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 04Asgiri Maha Viharaya
Asgiri Maha Viharaya is a Buddhist monastery located in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is the headquarters of the Asgiriya Chapter of Siyam Nikaya, one of the two Buddhist monasteries that holds the custodianship of sacred tooth relic of Buddha kept in Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy.
3.6 km · Buddhist monastery in Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 05Sri Maha Bodhi Viharaya
Sri Maha Bodhi Viharaya is a Theravada Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in Bahirawakanda, approximately 2 km from the city centre.
3.4 km · theravada Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 06Katukele Jumma Mosque
The Katukele Jumma Mosque, or the Katukele Grand Mosque, is a mosque located in the Katukele neighborhood within Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka. The mosque was visited by President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya in April and September 2024, respectively.
3 km · mosque in Katukele, Central, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 07Suduhumpola Raja Maha Vihara
Suduhumpola Raja Maha Vihara is an 18th-century Buddhist monastery in the village of Suduhumpola, within Sri Lanka's Kandy District. Tucked into the lower slopes of the Hanthana Mountain Range, the site dates back to the Kandyan era and is protected as an official national landmark.
3.4 km · 18th-century Buddhist monastery · Wikipedia - 08National Herbarium of Sri Lanka
The National Herbarium at Peradeniya, near Kandy in the Central province of Sri Lanka, was started in about 1821 by Alexander Moon, who was the director of the Botanical Gardens there.
3.3 km · park in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 09Kandy War Cemetery
The Kandy War Cemetery, formerly known as the Pitakande Military Cemetery, is a British military cemetery in Kandy, Sri Lanka, for soldiers of the British Empire who were killed during World War II as well as a soldier who died during World War I. The cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained burial site for soldiers. There are 203 buried consisting of: 107 British, 35 East Africans, 26 Sri Lankans, 23 Indians, 6 Canadians, 3 Italians, 1 Frenchman and 2 unidentified persons, Of the 203 dead, 151 were army, 32 were air force, 16 were navy, 2 were unidentified, 1 was merchant navy and 1 was from the national fire service.
2.2 km · Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery in Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 10National Institute of Fundamental Studies
The National Institute of Fundamental Studies is a government multidisciplinary research institute in Sri Lanka, established in 1981. The NIFS is the only Institute in Sri Lanka which exists for the sole purpose of conducting research in natural and social sciences and philosophy for national development and scientific advancement.
4 km · research institute in Sri Lanka · Wikipedia
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Getting to Yatihalagala Pallegama
- Airports
- Bandaranaike International Colombo (CMB), 80 km · Colombo Ratmalana (RML), 95 km · Jaffna (JAF), 283 km
- Stations
- Kandy railway station, 3.7 km
- Colombo → Yatihalagala Pallegama92 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · Rs1,070–1,420
- Jaffna → Yatihalagala Pallegama272 km · quickest by road, 7h 39m · Rs3,010–4,010
- Thiruvananthapuram → Yatihalagala Pallegama424 km · quickest by air, 8h 11m · ₹14,460–22,100
- 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 Yatihalagala Pallegama
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 Yatihalagala Pallegama. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe train line goes further to Badulla, passing on its way Nuwara Eliya (Nanu Oya station from where one needs to take a short bus or tuk-tuk ride to Nuwara Eliya proper), Haputale and Ella.
- Get inIf you are in Negombo you will have to take some bus, taxi or tuk-tuk to some of the cities where the Main Line train goes to Kandy: Ragama, Gampaha or Veyangoda, on the trip you will see the Bible Rock, which resembles the more famous Sigiriya citadel.
- Get inWhen you arrive, watch out for the tuk-tuk mafia at the railway station.
- Get inIt is better catch a tuk-tuk some distance from the station, or even better use Uber, PickMe or the like (again, some distance from the railway station tuk-tuk stand, as otherwise the tuk-tuk mafia there will threaten and chase your driver away).
- Get inWalk or take a tuktuk to the bus terminal, where the friendly locals will direct you to the bus to Kandy, 3½ hr, Rs 150 (as of Jan 2013).
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Next door to Yatihalagala Pallegama
- Kandycapital city in Central Province, Sri Lanka3.9 km
- Peradeniyasuburb of Kandy, Sri Lanka3.6 km
- Mahaiyawavillage in Central Province, Sri Lanka3.7 km
- Asgiriyavillage in Central Province, Sri Lanka2.8 km
- Bahirawakandavillage in Central Province, Sri Lanka1.8 km
- Inigalavillage in Central Province, Sri Lanka2.6 km