| Name |
Location |
Telephone |
Attraction |
| Asokaramaya |
Thimbirigasyaya Road,
Colombo 5. |
- |
Beautiful mural paintings. |
| Bellanwila Raja Maha Viharaya |
Bellanwila. |
717361 |
Recognised seat of learning
and beautiful mural paints. |
| Dipaduttaramaya |
159, Kotahena Street,
Colombo 13. |
471443 |
Colombo's oldest temple,built
in 1806. Murals painted by Burmese monks in 1890. |
| Gothami Viharaya |
Gothami Road, Colombo
8. |
- |
Mural paintings by well
known artist George Keyt assisted by Manjusri. |
| Issipatanaramaya |
Issipatana Mawatha, Colombo
5. |
586678 |
Beautiful mural paintings. |
| Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya |
13km form Colombo. |
- |
One of the 3 places in
Sri Lanka visited by Lord Buddha. Facinating wall & ceiling paintings by famous
artist Mendis. The annual procession in January is second only to the Kandy precession
in spectacle. |
| ParamanadaPurana Viharaya |
29, Paramananda Mawatha,
Colombo 13. |
433315 |
Very old temple built
in 1806. |
| Vajiraramaya |
14, Vajira Road, Colombo
4. |
584202 |
Highly recognized seat
of learning. |
Churches |
| Roman Catholic |
| Name |
Location |
Telephone |
| St. Philip Neri's Church |
157, Olcott Mawatha, Colombo
11. |
421367 |
| St. Mary's Church |
Lauries Road, Colombo
4. |
588745 |
| St. Lawrence's Church |
Galle Road, Colombo 6. |
581549 |
| St.Mary's Church |
Galle Road, Dehiwela. |
715407 |
Anglican |
| Name |
Location |
Telephone |
| St.Peter's Church (Mission
of Seamen) |
26, Church Street, Colombo
1. |
422510 |
| Christ Church |
Galle Face |
325166 |
| St. Michael's and All
Angels |
1, Cameron Place, Colombo
3. |
323456 |
| Cathedral of Christ the
Living Saviour |
368/3, Bauddhaloka Mawatha,
Colombo 7. |
696363 |
| St.Paul's Milagiriya |
299, Galle Road, Colombo
4. |
588712 |
| Christ Church |
Galle Road, Dehiwela. |
717589 |
| Church of St. Francis
of Assisi |
Hotel Road, Mount Lavinia. |
- |
Assemblies of God |
| Name |
Location |
Telephone |
| People's Church |
160/30, Kirimandala Mawatha,
Colombo 5. |
589489 |
International and Interdenominational |
| Name |
Location |
Telephone |
| St. Andrew's Church (formerly
Scots Kirk) |
73, Galle Road, Colombo
3. |
323765 |
Dutch Reformed Church |
| Name |
Location |
Telephone |
| Dutch Reformed Church |
724, Galle Road, Colombo
3. |
323765 |
| Dutch Reformed Church |
363, Galle Road, Colombo
6. |
580454 |
| Dutch Reformed Church |
Station Road, Dehiwela. |
717122 |
Methodist |
| Name |
Location |
Telephone |
| Methodist Church |
6, Station Road, Colombo
3. |
323033 |
| Methodist Church |
10, First Chapel Lane,
Colombo 6. |
585970 |
| Methodist Church |
Hotel Road, Mount Lavinia. |
713890 |
Baptist |
| Name |
Location |
Telephone |
| Baptist |
120, Dharmapla Mawatha,
Colombo 7. |
695153 |
Pentecostal |
| Name |
Location |
Telephone |
| Mission |
41, Greenpath, Colombo
3. |
327923 |
| Mission |
78/5, W.A.Silva Mawatha,
Colombo 6. |
582521 |
| Calvary Church |
123, High Level Road,
Colombo 6. |
|
Seventh Day Adventist Church |
| Name |
Location |
Telephone |
| Seventh Day Adventist
Church |
7, Alfred House Gardens,
Colombo 3 |
508521 |
Jehovah's Witness |
| Name |
Location |
Telephone |
| Jehovah's Witness |
711, Station Road, Wattala. |
930444 |
| Name |
Location |
Attraction |
| Sir Ponnambalam-Vaneswarar
Kovil |
Korteboam Street, Kochchikade. |
Built entirely of granite
imported from South India. |
| Sri Bala Selva Vinayagar
Moorthy Kovil |
Captain's Garden, off
D. R. Wijewardene Mawatha. |
Shrines dedicated to Shiva
and Ganesh. |
| Sri Siva Subramania Swami
Kovil |
Kew Road, Slave Island. |
Used by Indian soldiers
during the time of the British |
| Sri Muthumariamma Kovil |
Kotahena |
Dedicated to a Hindu Goddess
of healing |
| The new and old Kathiresan
Kovil |
Sea Street |
Dedicated to Skanda, the
God of war and victory |
| Two Kathiresan Kovils |
On Galle Road at Bambalapitiya |
- |
| Sri Siva Subramania Swami
Kovil |
98, Ginthupitiya Street,
Colombo 13. |
Dedicated to Lord Murga
God Kataragama |
| Name |
Location |
| Grand Mosque |
New Moor Street. |
| Maradana Mosque |
De Soysa Circus. |
| The Mosque |
Mutwal. |
| The Kollupitiya Mosque |
Duplication Road, Colombo
3. |
| The Bambalapitiya Mosque |
Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo
4. |
| The Boarah Mosque |
4th Cross Sttreet, Pettah. |
| The Military Mosque and
Akbar Mosque |
Slave Island. |
