Sri Dharmaloka College
| Sri Dharmaloka College | |
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| Location | |
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Kelaniya Sri Lanka |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | "ALOKO UDHA PADHEE" |
| Established | 1938 |
| Principal | Mr. A. G. Nimal Jayaweera |
| Color(s) | Maroon and Gold |
| Affiliation | Buddhist |
| Website | http://www.sridharmaloka.lk/ |
Coordinates: 6°57′41.43″N 79°54′04.88″E / 6.9615083°N 79.9013556°E
Sri Dharmaloka College is a national school in the Western province of Sri Lanka, situated near the Kelaniya Temple. The school was established in 1938 at the premises of Vidyalankara Pirivena. In the 1950s, the college moved to its current location on the Kelaniya premises.
Dharmaloka's motto is "Aloko Uda Paadee," which means "The light has come," a lyric reputed to be mentioned by the greatest philosopher Lord Buddha after he had obtained enlightenment. In this same lyric, Buddha is said to have continued "The wise has attained."
Dharmaloka's crest is a circle which contains a symbol of an oil lamp, the school motto, and lotus petals. The lotus petals symbolize glory and success. The oil lamp symbolizes light, wisdom and glory. The motto is in the middle circle of the crest.
Dharmaloka's flag was designed many years after the school opened. It has three columns; the middle column is yellow and the side columns are maroon. In the middle column there is the school's crest. It symbolizes the school's glory and loyalty to Dharmaloka.
Sri Dharmaloka college was a Buddhist English school established in Peliyagoda in 1938 under the patronage of Vidyalankara Pirivena. It was named after Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera, who was the founder of the Vidyalankara Pirivena. Rev. Yakkaduwe Pannarama was a scholar priest who became the head of the pirivena and later the Vice Chancellor of Kelaniya University. When Rev. Pannarama and several other priests walked along Waragoda Road from the Pirivena in Peliyagoda to Bodhirukkharamaya in Waragoda, some Catholics of St. Paul's Convent and Girls' School were in the habit of shouting "thattayo," "sivuruhoro" and other words to humiliate them. Rev. Pannarama brought this to the notice of Sir D. B. Jayatilaka, President of the Dayaka Sabhawa, and he suggested that the pirivena must start a Buddhist school near the Catholic area as it is only through education that such persons may be corrected. So Jayatilaka and Rev Yakkaduwe founded the school. They also discussed at the Sabha meeting that even Christian children would join the school later and that education is the only way to combat ignorance.
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