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Lake View Park International Scout Centre is owned 1st Kandy Dharmaraja Scout Group (Sinhala: පළමුවන මහනුවර ධර්මරාජ බාලදක්ෂ සමූහය) is the Scout Group of Dharmaraja College, Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is known to be the oldest continuous scout group in the Sri Lanka Scout Association.
It also includes a mini zoo, a children's play area and a BAC Jet Provost. [3] There are Muscovy ducks in the park. They swim in the artificial lake and walk on the grass beside it. [4] Viharamahadevi Park is the only large-scale public park in Colombo, and is maintained by the Colombo Municipal Council.
Composer Dinesh Subasinghe contributed to the Passion Play music of Sri Lanka by combining world music styles (such as Gregorian chants, western classical music, and Portuguese sounds) with Sri Lankan folk tunes. As of 2013, Dinesh has done scores for 16 Passion Plays. Dinesh re-orchestrated the music of Duwa's historical Passion Play in 2009.
The R. Premadasa Stadium was also one of the three grounds in Sri Lanka that hosted matches for the 1996 Cricket World Cup. The other two were the Asgiriya Stadium and the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground. [6] The R. Premadasa Stadium was the venue for the match in 1997 where Sri Lanka scored a record 952 runs for 6 wickets against India. [7]
The Colombo Cricket Club Ground is the home ground of the Colombo Cricket Club, the oldest first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. [2] The Ground is one of the three cricket grounds located in Maitland Crescent, Colombo, the other two being the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground and the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground. [3]
Construction of the stadium commenced on 16 January 1957 and was completed on 16 December 1962. [4] [5] The stadium was named after Sugathadasa, as he donated the land it was built on. [6] In 1991, an indoor stadium was constructed on the site by the Mitsui Company for the 1991 South Asian Games, and was opened by President Ranasinghe Premadasa.
Crescat Boulevard also popularly known as Crescat is a Sri Lankan shopping mall which is located in Western Province, Kollupitiya, Colombo near the St. Thomas' Preparatory School and Crescat Residencies adjoining the Cinnamon Grand Colombo. [1]
The grounds were subsequently handed over to the General Hospital to house their offices. Kandy SC however continued to play rugby at Bogambara but without a club house. In 1949 the Kandy Municipal Council resolved to provide the club with an area of land, a landfill site, at Nittawela. [1]