Baduraliya

Baduraliya
Town
Baduraliya is located in Sri Lanka
Baduraliya
Baduraliya
Coordinates: 6°31′00″N 80°13′56″E / 6.51667°N 80.23222°E / 6.51667; 80.23222
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceWestern Province
DistrictKalutara District
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone)
Postal Code
12230

Baduraliya (Sinhala: බදුරලිය) is a town in the Kalutara District in Sri Lanka. It is approximately 82 km (51 mi) from Colombo and 58 km (36 mi) from Rathnapura. Baduraliya was named after a rally against taxes. "Badu" in Sinhala means taxes and “raliya” means a rally.[citation needed] Baduraliya is surrounded by tea plantations and rubber estates, and it is at an altitude of 27 m (89 ft) above sea level.

Baduraliya is the capital of Palinda Nuwara (Sinhala: පාලින්ද නුවර) secretariat Division in boarder of the Pasdun Korale. The name ‘Palinda Nuwara’ originated because of prince Veediya Bandara and his wife fled into Pelenda, a village 6.5 km away from Baduraliya.[1] Prince Veediya Bandara was the commander-in-chief of the Kotte kingdom, during the reign of Bhuvanaikabahu VII of Kotte (1521–1551). Prince Veediya Bandara led the battles against Portuguese and King Mayadunne of Sitawaka with the army stationed in Palinda Nuwara. [2]

As of 2019, the total registered population in this secretariat division was 56,586.[3] The area of the division is 276.0 km². The population density in 2012 was 184.1/km². The annual population change from 2001 to 2012 was 0.95%. [4]

  1. ^ Pieris, Paulus Edward (1920). Ceylon and the Portuguese. American Ceylon Mission Press. ISBN 81-206-1372-4. Retrieved 27 December 2022 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Prince Veediya Bandara". CITY POPULATION. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Statistical Information". Divisional Secretariat-Baduraliya. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Palinda nuwara". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 27 December 2022.