Colombo City Activities

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Stop At: Old Parliament Building, Fort, Colombo Sri Lanka

The Old Parliament Building is the building that houses the Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka at present. The building was opened on 29 January 1930 by Governor Sir Herbert Stanley.

This is situated in the Colombo Fort area facing the sea, it is in close proximity to the President's House, Colombo and adjacent to the General Treasury Building. The building housed the island's legislature for 53 years until the new parliamentary complex was opened at Sri Jayawardenepura in 1983.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Bauddhaloka Mawatha Near China Embassy, Colombo 00700 Sri Lanka

The Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, know as BMICH was a gift from the People's Republic of China in memory of Solomon Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, Prime Minister (1956–1959)

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Gangaramaya (Vihara) Buddhist Temple, 61 Sri Jinaratana Road, Colombo Sri Lanka

Gangaramaya is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Colombo, started by the famous scholar monk Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Nayaka Thera in the late 19th Century. The first perahera was in 1979, held with the few traditional artists who could be assembled. The procession then marched its way steadily to popularity, and is today the most important cultural pageant in Colombo, with many foreign visitors.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Independence Memorial Hall, Independence Square, Colombo 00700 Sri Lanka

Independence Memorial Hall is a national monument in Sri Lanka built for commemoration of the independence of Sri Lanka from the British rule with the restoration of full governing responsibility to a Ceylonese-elected legislature on February 4, 1948.

Duration: 30 minutes