Also home to the Pasteur institute, the Cinnamon gardens, and the Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, the seat of the parliament, it lies on the Kelani river, and faces the Gulf of Mannar, where Arthur C. Clarke likes to scuba- dive.
This city's so-called Slave island contains the temple to Skanda on Kew street, and is surrounded by Lake Beira. To the north is the commercial center known as the Fort, next to which is the shopping district of Pettah quarters. Also home to the Pasteur institute, the Cinnamon gardens, and the Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, the seat of the parliament, it lies on the Kelani river, and faces the Gulf of Mannar, where Arthur C. Clarke likes to scuba- dive. Birthplace of Michael Ondaatje, for ten points, name this city lying south of the Polk strait and southeast of India, the capital of Sri Lanka.
This city's so-called Slave island contains the temple to Skanda on Kew street, and is surrounded by Lake Beira.
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