Dharmaraja College
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Dharmaraja College (Sinhala: ධර්මරාජ විද්යාලය), founded in 1887, is a boys' school in Kandy, Sri Lanka.[1][2][3][4] It is a Buddhist school with around 300+ teaching staff and over 5,000 students.[5] The school has many notable alumni (a.k.a. Rajans) including the first President of Sri Lanka William Gopallawa, A. E. Goonesinha, T.B Kehelgamuwa, Chamara Kapugedera, Sudarshana Pathirana and others.
Dharmaraja College
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Location | |
Coordinates | 7°17′21.69″N 80°38′58.83″E |
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Former name | Kandy Buddhist High School |
School type | National / Public 1AB |
Motto | Pali: අත්තාහි අත්තනො නාථො Aththāhi Aththano Natho (Oneself is the refuge for one) (Buddhist quote from the Dhammapada) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Buddhist |
Established | 30 June 1887; 136 years ago (1887-06-30) |
Founder | Col. Henry Steel Olcott |
School code | 03350 |
Principal | Kamal Ariyasinghe |
Staff | 300+ |
Grades | 1 – 13 |
Gender | Boys |
Age | 6 to 19 |
Enrollment | 5,000+ |
Language | Sinhala, English |
Schedule | 7:30 AM - 1:30 PM |
Houses | Ananda Gemunu Mahinda Parakrama |
Colour(s) | Maroon and light blue |
Song | Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා ජනතා ගම ගාමී Sri Lanka Janatha Gama Gami |
Athletics | Yes |
Sports | Yes |
Rival | Kingswood College |
Affiliation | Ministry of Education |
Alumni | Old Rajans |
Pupils | Rajans |
Abbreviation | DRCK |
Website | dharmaraja |
A land area of 220,000 square metres (54 acres) is owned by the school spreading over half of the Dharmaraja hill.[6] Dharmaraja has one of the oldest scout troops in the world, the 1st Kandy Dharmaraja Scout Group, which was established in 1913.[7][8][9] It is one of the first Sri Lankan schools to start playing cricket.[5][10] It has consistently ranked among the first two boys schools in Sri Lanka in the preference rankings based on year 5 scholarship examinees' demand.[11][12][13]