page_title: Sri Lankan Parliament Building
section_title: Relocation proposal
hierarchical_section_title: Sri Lankan Parliament Building / History / Relocation proposal
caption_attribution_description: English: Location of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
context_page_description: The Sri Lankan Parliament Complex is a public building and landmark that houses the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Situated in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the administrative capital, it is built on an island, surrounded by the Diyawanna Oya. It was designed by Deshamanya Geoffrey Bawa.
context_section_description: In 1967 under Speaker Sir Albert F. Peris, the leaders of the political parties unanimously resolved that a new Parliament building should be constructed on the opposite side of Beira Lake from the existing Parliament at Galle Face, but no further action was taken. While Stanley Tillekeratne was the Speaker (1970–77), the leaders of the political parties entrusted the drawing up of plans for a new Parliament building to architects, but the project was subsequently abandoned.
caption: Location of the parliament building around the Diyawanna lake
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