Dharmaraja College
Dharmaraja College (Sinhala: ධර්මරාජ විද්යාලය), founded in 1887, is a boys' school in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is a Buddhist school with around 300+ teaching staff and over 5,000 students. The school has many notable alumni (a.k.a. Rajans) including the first President of Sri Lanka William Gopallawa, A. E. Goonesinha, T.B Kehelgamuwa, Chamara Kapugedera, Sudarshana Pathirana and others.
Dharmaraja College
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Sri Lanka | |
| Coordinates | 7°17′21.69″N 80°38′58.83″E |
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| Type | National / Public |
| Motto | Pali: අත්තාහි අත්තනො නාථො Aththāhi Aththano Natho (Oneself is the refuge for one) (Buddhist quote from the Dhammapada) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Buddhist |
| Established | 30 June 1887 |
| Founder | Col. Henry Steel Olcott |
| Principal | Kamal Ariyasinghe |
| Staff | 300+ |
| Grades | 1 – 13 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age | 6 to 19 |
| Enrollment | 5,000+ |
| Language | Sinhala, English |
| Schedule | 7:30 AM - 1:30 PM |
| Houses | Ananda Gemunu Mahinda Parakrama |
| Colour(s) | Maroon and Light Blue |
| Song | "ශ්රී ලංකා ජනතා ගම ගාමී" |
| Athletics | Yes |
| Sports | Yes |
| Rival | Kingswood College |
| Affiliation | Ministry of Education |
| Alumni | Old Rajans |
| Pupils | Rajans |
| Abbreviation | DRCK |
| Website | dharmaraja |
A land area of 220,000 square metres (54 acres) is owned by the school spreading over half of the Dharmaraja hill. Dharmaraja has one of the oldest scout troops in the world, the 1st Kandy Dharmaraja Scout Group, which was established in 1913. It is one of the first Sri Lankan schools to start playing cricket. It has consistently ranked among the first two boys schools in Sri Lanka in the preference rankings based on year 5 scholarship examinees' demand.