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Ananda College (Sinhala: ආනන්ද විද්යාලය) is a Prestigious Buddhist school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is often known as "The Pinnacle of buddhist education " [ 1 ] It is the largest national Buddhist school for boys in Sri Lanka, with a student population exceeding 8000 across 13 grades. [ 2 ]
This is a list of Anandians, alumni of the Ananda College, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Heads of state ... Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Armed Forces (July 2023 - Oct 2023)
Royal College, Colombo: 1AB 8185 445 Colombo Borella Ananda College, Colombo: 1AB 7920 367 Colombo Borella Nalanda College, Colombo: 1AB 7502 247 Colombo Borella Asoka College, Colombo: 1AB 4000 150 Colombo Borella D. S. Senanayake College, Colombo 1AB 6391 236 Colombo Borella Thurstan College, Colombo 1AB 5357 286 Colombo Borella
Alumni of Ananda College, Colombo, known as Old Anandians, include some of Sri Lanka's most prominent personalities. See also List of Ananda College alumni Pages in category "Alumni of Ananda College"
Ananda Central College-Elpitiya (Sinhala: ආනන්ද මධ්ය මහා විද්යාලය-ඇල්පිටිය), is a co-educational National school in the Elpitiya division, Galle district, Sri Lanka. It provides education for around 4000 students in grades 1 to 13.
Olcott was a major revivalist of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and he is still honored in Sri Lanka for these efforts. Vice President of the Ananda College Old Boys Association Samitha Seneviratne has said that "Col. Olcott's contribution towards the betterment of our country, nation, religion, justice and good conduct has been so great that he remains ...
While addressing the students at Ananda College, Colombo he spoke about his love to see the school children and noted that Ceylon is a ‘beautiful island. [12] The staff, parents and children of Ananda College raised Rs 400.86 and presented the money to Mahatma Gandhi as a donation for his ‘Khadi Collection’. [12]
Patrick de Silva Kularatne died on 16 November 1976 and was honoured as a national hero by the release of a stamp by Sri Lanka Post on 22 May 1987. Ananda College paid tribute to him by erecting an auditorium and naming it the 'Kularatne Hall' and the Kularathna Maha Vidyalaya in Ambalangoda was named after him. [5]