BANDARAWELA, a hill-station of Ceylon, situated 8om. almost due east of Colombo, 4,036ft. above sea-level, on the Kandy-Badulla railway. It possesses a good hotel, surrounded by numerous private bungalows. It enjoys a delightful climate, which is cool and bracing but warmer than that of Nuwara Eliya. Pop ulation in 1931 was 1,i92.