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Veluwana College

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Veluwana College
වේළුවන විද්‍යාලය
Location
වේළුවන විද්‍යාලය is located in Greater Colombo
වේළුවන විද්‍යාලය
වේළුවන විද්‍යාලය
Location in greater Colombo
Veluwana College, Veluwana Road
Colombo 09


Coordinates6°55′39″N 79°52′49″E / 6.92750°N 79.88028°E / 6.92750; 79.88028Coordinates: 6°55′39″N 79°52′49″E / 6.92750°N 79.88028°E / 6.92750; 79.88028
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Information
TypePublic School
Mottoසැමට පෙර යුතුකම
Duty Is Foremost
Established11 June 1951; 73 years ago (1951-06-11)
PrincipalSusantha Karunarathna
Dep PrincipalK.A Jaya
Staff200
GradesClass 1-13
GenderBoys
Age range6 - 19
Number of students1800
Color(s)Blue and Gold         
Songශාන්ති වේවා ශාන්ති දේවා!
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Veluwana College (Sinhala: කොළඹ වේළුවන විද්‍යාලය) in Dematagoda was established 11 June 1951 by the Buddhist Society led by Veluwanarama temple. It is one of the oldest Buddhist schools in Sri Lanka. Veluwana College is a National School. It provides primary and secondary education.

School anthem[edit]

The school anthem was composed by Siril A. Seelawimala.[citation needed]

Houses[edit]

Students are placed in one of three houses according to their admission number. They compete each year to win the inter-house competitions.

  •      – Abhaya (අභය)
  •      – Vijaya (විජය)
  •      – Gemunu (ගැමුණු)

Veluwana College today[edit]

Today Veluwana College has about 3,500 students and about 130 staff, led by principal S.Karunarathne. Veluwana College has been at the forefront of the Sri Lankan national schools and is considered to be one of the outstation schools in the country.[citation needed]

Principal[edit]

Name From To
Karaputugala Dhammawansha Tero
1951.06.11
1955.05.31
W. M. S. Wimalasooriya
1955.06.01
1965.09-06)
Wiliyam Galagedara
(1965.09.15
1967.09.03
S. S. Fernando
1967.09.04
1970.07.03
W. M. S. Wimalasooriya
1970.07.04
1971.01.15
S. S. Kaluthanthree
1971.03.13
1972.01.02
H. M. Samanasinghe
1972.03.09
1986.09.04
E. F. Ranasinghe
1987.02.17
1994.12.27
A. Thiranagama
1994.12.28
2003.05.07
S. Garusinghe
2003.06.04
2006.07.11
W. Karunathilake
2006.08.15-
2016.06.08
Sydney Ashoka Lokukumara
2016.11.10
2023.12.13
Susantha Karunarathne
2024.01.04
Present

Clubs and societies[edit]

Notable alumni[edit]

References[edit]


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