Gadaladeniya

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

Overview

Gadaladeniya is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province.

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

T

Thilini Jayasinghe

badminton player

D

Dingiri Banda Wijetunga

President of Sri Lanka from 1993 to 1994

Dharmasena Pathiraja

sri lankan film director and screenwriter (1943-2018)

C

Christopher Ondaatje

Businessman, philanthropist, adventurer, writer

G

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

A

Amarasiri Kalansuriya

Sri Lankan actor

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

Nearby places in Central

• Angunawala
  2.8 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Koshinna
  3.2 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Buwelikada
  3.2 mi away · pop. 8,000
• Watadeniya
  4.5 mi away · pop. 8,000
• Wegiriya
  4.8 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Aladeniya
  5.2 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Wathuwala
  5.7 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Bothalapitiya
  6 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Medawala
  6.9 mi away · pop. 15,000
• Mariyawatte
  7.5 mi away · pop. 6,000
• Lewella
  7.5 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Ampitiya
  7.6 mi away · pop. 10,000

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

Indian Garden Lizard

Calotes versicolor

Seen 2026-10-15

Coromandel Marsh Dart

Ceriagrion coromandelianum

Seen 2026-10-15

Restricted Demon

Notocrypta curvifascia

Seen 2026-10-14

White Four Ring

Ypthima ceylonica

Seen 2026-10-13

Indian Aspen

Acronychia pedunculata

Seen 2026-10-12

African tulip tree

Spathodea campanulata

Seen 2026-10-12

Guinea Grass

Megathyrsus maximus

Seen 2026-10-12

Philippine evergreen

Aglaonema commutatum

Seen 2026-10-12

Pterospermum suberifolium

Pterospermum suberifolium

Seen 2026-10-12

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