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Mutwal, Colombo — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Mutwal is the anglicised name for Modara, a municipal ward of Colombo near the mouth of the Kelani Ganga.
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Where to stay in Mutwal
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
Rooms are a Colombo matter. Mutwal is entered as a municipal ward inside the postal area Colombo 15, and the record attaches no hotel to it, which leaves the city's own accommodation carrying every stay pointed this way. Grandpass, Bloemendhal and Maradana appear under the same city. Anyone drawn by the Kelani Ganga can work from Colombo and reach Mutwal as one ward among the many the record files beside it.
Few places to stay in Mutwal — most visitors book in Colombo nearby.
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About Mutwal
What are the main landmarks in Mutwal?
The ward's landmark list came through empty. What the record does name is the Kelani Ganga, whose mouth lies near the ward, and the Colombo 15 postal area that fixes Mutwal's address inside the city. Neither is a monument. Cinnamon Gardens, Fort and Slave Island carry their own entries on the Colombo roster, and sightseeing in Western Province is recorded against those rather than against Modara.
What is the history of Mutwal?
Two names sit on this ward. Modara is the form the article uses and Mutwal is the anglicised version, and the record holds both as separate entries under Colombo without dating either or saying when the ward took shape. The file gives no year.
A gazetteer line and a single paragraph are the whole record, which is enough to place Mutwal in Colombo and in Western Province and no further back than that.
Where is Mutwal?
Mutwal occupies a stretch of Colombo close to the mouth of the Kelani Ganga, inside the postal area Colombo 15.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Mutwal?
Mutwal: a Colombo 15 stay tied to the Kelani Ganga end of the city. Colombo: one base covering Mutwal, Grandpass and Bloemendhal within the same city.
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Updated September 2026