Visakha Vidyalaya

Visakha Vidyalaya (Sinhala: විශාඛා විද්‍යාලය, Tamil: விசாகா வித்தியாலயம்) is a girls' school in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

It is a National School managed by the central government providing primary and secondary education.

The school was established in 1917 by Celestina Dias as the Buddhist Girls College in a house called 'The Firs' in Turret Road, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

It was the desire of Dias to train the school girls according to the Buddhist moral values and principles.

In 1939 the school was affiliated with Lady Irwin College, New Delhi to conduct courses in Home economics.

Founder Celestina Dias