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Pali: අප්පමාදො අමතපදං Appamādo Amathapadan
(Buddhist quote from the Apramada Vagga in the Dhammapada) (Heedfulness, Punctuality leads to Nirvana)
Established
1 November 1886; 137 years ago (1886-11-01)
Founder
Colonel Henry Steel Olcott
Principal
Lal Dissanayake
Grades
1–13
Gender
Boys
Age range
6 to 19
Enrollment
7000
Language
Sinhala, English
Color(s)
Maroon and Gold
Song
දින දින කිතුගොස බෝවී
Affiliation
Buddhist
Alumni
Old Anandians
Website
Ananda College
School grounds in 1920.Colonel H.S. Olcott, founder of Ananda College
Ananda College (Sinhala: ආනන්ද විද්යාලය) is a prestigious Buddhist school in Maradana, Colombo. It was established as the English Buddhist School by Colonel Henry Steel Olcott in 1886. In the present day, it provides primary and secondary education on a campus of 15 acres (61,000 m2).[1]
^Foundation of Ananda College Archived May 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine on official website
AnandaCollege (Sinhala: ආනන්ද විද්යාලය) is a prestigious Buddhist school in Maradana, Colombo. It was established as the English Buddhist School by Colonel...
Ananda Mohan College (Bengali: আনন্দ মোহন কলেজ) or Government Ananda Mohan College is a fully government-aided public college, affiliated to National...
Ananda Central College-Elpitiya (Sinhala: ආනන්ද මධ්ය මහා විද්යාලය-ඇල්පිටිය), is a co-educational National school in the Elpitiya division, Galle district...
Ananda Chandra College, also known as AC College was established in the year 1942, is one of the oldest colleges in Jalpaiguri located in the Indian state...
Ananda Marga College, established in 1966, is one of the oldest college in Purulia district, at Ananda Nagar, Pundag. It offers undergraduate courses in...
(1960-1965). He served as Principal of AnandaCollege and Dharmaraja College and established Nalanda College Colombo, Ananda Balika Vidyalaya, Moratuwa Vidyalaya...
This is a list of Anandians, alumni of the AnandaCollege, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Gotabaya Rajapaksa - 7th President of Sri Lanka Ratnasiri Wickremanayake...
Ānanda Mārga (lit. 'The Path of Bliss', also spelled Anand Marg and Ananda Marg), or officially Ānanda Mārga Pracāraka Saṃgha (organization for the propagation...
12 December 1999 at the Nalanda College Grounds. AnandaCollege, Colombo Dharmaraja College, Kandy Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda Dharmapala Vidyalaya...
Upul Chandika Hathurusingha (Sinhala: උපුල් චන්දික හතුරුසිංහ; born 13 September 1968) is a Sri Lankan cricket coach and former player. He represented the...
still honored in Sri Lanka for these efforts. Vice President of the AnandaCollege Old Boys Association Samitha Seneviratne has said that "Col. Olcott's...
a teenager at Mahinda College, Galle, where Major G. W. S. de Silva was his first cricket coach. Then he moved to AnandaCollege, Colombo, where he was...
Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan (Tamil: த. ஆனந்தகிருஷ்ணன்) (born 1 April 1938) is a Malaysian-Tamil entrepreneur, the Chairman of Usaha Tegas Sdn. Bhd. and...
English secondary school was established at Pannipitiya as a branch of AnandaCollege Colombo. This new school was named Dharmapala Vidyalaya. On opening...
directly saving the lives of 300,000 Tamil people and more. Educated at AnandaCollege, Colombo.[citation needed] He joined Sri Lanka Army 1982 during the...
Under-19 team. Gunawardene was born in Colombo and was educated at AnandaCollege where he played for the school's cricket team alongside Thilan Samaraweera...
Sidath Wettimuny is a Sri Lankan former cricketer, who played Test cricket and One Day Internationals as an opening batsman from 1982 to 1987. Wettimuny...
under very austere conditions. This school gradually expanded to become AnandaCollege, which now has more than 6,000 students and has a building named for...
the 2022 Sri Lankan protests. Weerasinghe studied at Rahula College, Matara and AnandaCollege, Colombo and gained his Bachelor of Science degree from the...
political family from the Southern Province, Rajapaksa was educated at AnandaCollege, Colombo and joined the Ceylon Army in April 1971. Following basic training...
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