Sri Sangaraja Mawatha

Skinners Road (south) in Maradana (Colombo 10) was renamed Sri Sangaraja Mawatha in the 1940’s.
This road connects Olcott Mawatha and Armour Street. During British colonial times, the road was named after Thomas Skinner who was one of the main engineers of the Colombo – Kandy highway. He is also the author of the famous book: “Fifty Years of Ceylon” which was later translated into Sinhala with the adapted title: “ලංකාවේ පනස් වසරක්” (Kankawe Panas Wasara). According to the book, he was an elephant hunter and killed nearly 700 elephants in Sri Lanka during his lifetime.