Mahamaya Girls' College, Kandy

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Located in the heart of City of Kandy overlooking Kandy Lake, Mahamaya Girls’ College is one of Sri Lanka's leading Buddhist schools.

[edit] Location

This school is situated on the opposite side of the lake facing Sri Dalada Maligawa, Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, which is considered to be the foremost sacred place of worship in the Buddhist world. Mahamaya Primary School is situated facing Mahamaya College near the Sacred Temple of Tooth Relic in Kandy...

[edit] History

Mahamaya Girls' School celebrated the seventy sixth anniversary in January 2007. Mahamaya Girls' College, Kandy was founded on 14th of January 1932. Mrs. Hilda Kularathne was the first Principal.

Sadachara Bauddha Kulangana Samithiya in Kandy also resorted to this well established simple device of the fistful of rice to build up funds to establish the Buddhist Girls' English School in Kandy, national leaders like Anagarika Dharmapala, D.B. Jayatilake, P. de S. Kularatne, G.P. Malalasekara and C.W.W. Kannangara also contributed for the successful organization of Mahamaya Girls' College, and helping it to acquire the present status and very high standard of education in Sri Lanka.

students were divided in to four houses,
1]maya
2]yashodhara
3]sangamiththa
4]prajapathi