Ganemulla

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Ganemulla (Sinhala:ගණේමුල්ල, Tamil:கணேமுல்ல ) is a mid size town situated in the Gampaha District of Sri Lanka. Ganemulla is about 9km from Kadawatha on the Colombo-Kandy road. The nearest city to Ganemulla is Gampaha, which is about 5km in distance. Ganemulla is surrounded by Kadawatha, Gampaha, Ja-Ela and Kandana towns.

The majority is Sinhala Buddhist .Catholics also lives a small amount in harmony with the majority.^[1]

The Sri Lanka Army Commando regiment is located in Ganemulla.

1 Archaeology
2 Transport
3 Postal Service
4 Notable people related to Ganemulla
5 References

[edit] Archaeology

An archaeologically important drainage line was discovered nearby Ganemulla railway station recently, believed to be used in 18th century when some of the coastal areas of Sri Lanka was under the control of Dutch rulers. However this has not undergone a proper excavation and is currently in poor condition due to lack of restoration.

[edit] Transport

Ganemulla is the 13th railway station from Colombo Fort on Colombo-Polgahawela main railway line. 223 is the main bus root number between Ganemulla and Kadawatha. 266 and 278 both are two root numbers of separate bus roots between Ganemulla and Ja-Ela. 276 Gampaha-Kandana bus root is also running through the Ganemulla city.