Aladeniya

Demographic figures from Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Aladeniya is a village located within Kandy District of Sri Lanka's Central Province. It lies 12 km (7.5 mi) north-west of Kandy on the main road to Kurunegala.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

M. G. Ramachandran

film actor, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1917 – 1987)

Muttiah Muralitharan

Sri Lankan cricketer

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Thilini Jayasinghe

badminton player

Dharmasena Pathiraja

sri lankan film director and screenwriter (1943-2018)

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Christopher Ondaatje

Businessman, philanthropist, adventurer, writer

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Godwin Samararatne

Sri Lankan Buddhist teacher (1932-2000)

Thomas Herbert John Chapman Goodwin

British doctor and soldier (1871—1960)

C

Chamara Kapugedera

Sri Lankan cricketer

P

Pubudu Dassanayake

Sri Lankan cricketer

Swami Murugesu

Sri Lankan spiritual teacher (1933–2007)

Ranjan Madugalle

Sri Lankan cricketer

A

A. C. M. Lafir

cricketer

A

A. E. Goonesinha

Sri Lankan politician (1891-1967)

A

Aslam Fazly Laphir

Sri Lankan army officer

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Amarasiri Kalansuriya

Sri Lankan actor

Anne-Marie Mediwake

Canadian journalist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Central

• Medawala
  1.8 mi away · pop. 15,000
• Thunkandura
  5.6 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Doragamuwa
  6.4 mi away · pop. 2,500
• Angunawala
  6.6 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Koshinna
  7 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Ampitiya
  7.9 mi away · pop. 10,000
• Buwelikada
  8 mi away · pop. 8,000
• Watadeniya
  9.6 mi away · pop. 8,000
• Wegiriya
  9.7 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Rajawella
  11.2 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Mariyawatte
  12.5 mi away · pop. 6,000
• Hunnasgiriya
  19.4 mi away · pop. 15,000

Browse all places in Central →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Ceylon Krait

Bungarus ceylonicus

Seen 2026-09-24

Indian Garden Lizard

Calotes versicolor

Seen 2026-09-23

Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel

Ratufa macroura

Seen 2026-09-22

Asian Common Toad

Duttaphrynus melanostictus

Seen 2026-09-22

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Seen 2026-09-21

Sailfin Catfishes

Pterygoplichthys

Seen 2026-09-21

White Four Ring

Ypthima ceylonica

Seen 2026-09-21

Common Hourglass Tree Frog

Polypedates cruciger

Seen 2026-09-20

Common Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis

Seen 2026-09-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).