
achchi tarah seey

velavatta columbo, srilanka kaa ack pados haye. yeh bambalpitiya key turant dakshin mein sthit haye aur ise columbo nagarpalika kshetra key bheetar kshetra 6 key roop mein vargeekrit kiya gayaa haye. shahar puraane dutch nahar seey shuru hotaa haye joe kii saaf suthare cinema seey thheek pahale haye aur dakshin mein usee nahar taka faila huaa haye joe aspatal kii sadak parr junction seey thheek pahale samudra taka pahunchati haye jahan dehvela shuru hotaa haye. yeh paschim mein bhaaratiya mahasagar key paani seey ghiraa huaa haye aur pamaankada taka faila huaa haye jahan havelock road kaante haye aur shree sarnankara road brij seey milata haye, joe dutch nahar parr faila huaa haye, joe dutugemunu street parr kohuwala-aspatal road junction kii or faila huaa haye.
velavatta naam kaa arth haye singhali mein 'retila bagicha' aur tamil mein 'safed bagicha'.
aupaniveshik kaal key dauran, vartamaan velavatta kaa adhikansh hissa europeeya parivaaron key swaamitva vaali narial kii jaagiron seey banaa thaa, vishesh roop seey charlemont jonathan gauder kii. kaee sadakon aur sthaanon key naamon parr charlemont, fredrick, collingwood, alekjendra aur fraans sahit gauder parivaar key naam hain. aitihaasik saahasik cinema kaa nirmaan 1940 key dashak mein see. vee. dee silva dwara kiya gayaa thaa. 1980 key dashak mein, iss kshetra ney desh key uttar seey grihyuddh seey bhaag rahey kaee tamilon koo aakarshit kiya. aaj, velavatta ack nirmit vaanijyik aur aavaasiya kshetra haye jisamen thodi matra mein prakaash udyog haye. posh nae apartment parisar vishesh roop seey nahar kshetron key saath jhuggiyon key saath saha-astitva mein hain.