Peradeniya

Peradeniya (Sinhala: පේරාදෙණිය, romanized: Pēradeniya; Tamil: பேராதனை, romanized: Pērātaṉai) is a suburb of the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka with about 30,000 inhabitants. It is situated on the A1 main road, a few kilometres west of Kandy city centre. Peradeniya's name is derived from pera (guava) and deniya (a plain).^[1]

Peradeniya පේරාදෙණිය பேராதனை
suburb
Botanic Gardens of Peradeniya
Peradeniya Location in Sri Lanka
Coordinates: 7°16′N 80°36′E
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Central Province
District	Kandy District
Population
• Total	30,000
Time zone	+5.30
Post Code	20400

Peradeniya is famous for the Royal Botanic Gardens of Peradeniya.^[2] It is situated in a slope of the Mahaweli River and attracts many visitors from Sri Lanka as well as from abroad.

Another key attribute of this suburb is the University of Peradeniya.^[3] Its buildings are of mixed colonial and traditional Sri Lankan/South East Asian styles, and located amongst the lush vegetation of the hill country. The Department of Agriculture and the Sri Lanka Telecom Training Centre is situated here.

West of the suburb lies the small historical town of Kadugannawa.