Peradeniya

It is a suburb of the city of Kandy, located on the main A1 road, a few kilometers west of the city centre. Peradeniya is famous for the Peradeniya Royal Botanic Gardens, situated on a slope of the Mahaweli River and attracting many visitors from both Sri Lanka and abroad. Another key attribute of this suburb is the University of Peradeniya. Its buildings are of mixed colonial and traditional Sri Lankan and South Asian styles, and are located among the lush vegetation of the mountainous region. The Department of Agriculture and the Sri Lanka Telecommunications Training Center are also located here.

To the west of the suburb is the small historic town of Kadugannawa.