Nalanda College, Colombo

Nalanda College, Colombo
නාලන්දා විද්‍යාලය, කොළඹ
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TypeNational
MottoPali: අපදාන සෝභිනී පඤ්ඤා
Āpadāna Sobhinī Panñā
(Character Illumines Wisdom[1])
Established1 November 1924; 99 years ago (1924-11-01)
FounderPatrick de Silva Kularatne
Grades1–13
GenderBoys
Enrollment7500
Colour(s)Maroon, Silver
   
AffiliationBuddhist
AlumniOld Nalandians
Websitenalandacollege.lk
Flag of Nalanda College

Nalanda College[2][3][4][5] (Sinhala: නාලන්දා විද්‍යාලය) is a leading Buddhist school in Sri Lanka where provides primary and secondary education for Sri Lankan boys. The school was established by P. de S. Kularatne as an offshoot of Ananda College Colombo and was registered as a separate school on 1 November 1924.[6]

  1. ^ "Lakkhana Sutta: Characterized (by Action)".
  2. ^ "PARTI : SEC. (IIA) – GAZETTE OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 12.09.2014 Page 6" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2014.
  3. ^ "PART I : SEC. (IIA) – GAZETTE OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 27.06.2014 Page 14" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2014.
  4. ^ G 498 Gazette Extraodinary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Election) 1.p65 Archived 10 February 2010 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
  5. ^ "Ministry of Education". moe.gov.lk.
  6. ^ "History of Nalanda". Nalanda College Colombo. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013.