Thiranagama

Thiranagama is a village in the southwestern Galle District of Sri Lanka, known for its luxury hotels including the only two 5-star hotels in the Hikkaduwa region.

Geography

Thiranagama is located by the Indian Ocean, north to Galle and south to Colombo.
It is located between the tourist town of Hikkaduwa and Dodanduwa.
Thiranagama is the upmarket area of the coastline of Hikkaduwa District.

Thiranagama is bordered by one of the most expansive beaches in the South West of Sri Lanka.
Extending over, this wide beach is calm and a few quality restaurants. There also are several surf spots there.

In the 19th century, during the British Ceylon period, Hikkaduwa region was "the great resort of picnic parties from Galle".

Thiranagama railway station is the 43rd station of the Coastal Line linking Colombo to Matara.
It is located from Colombo station. Nine trains stop there daily.

The largest school of Thiranagama is Bodhiraja Maha Vidyalaya with around 280 students.