Pinnawala පින්නවල
Town
Pinnawala
Coordinates: 7°18′05″N 80°23′12″E / 7.3015°N 80.3867°E / 7.3015; 80.3867
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Sabaragamuwa Province
District	Kegalle
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)
Sri Lanka Post	70130[1]
Area code	035

Pinnawala is a village in Kegalle District of Sri Lanka and is around 90 km from the capital, Colombo. It is well known for its elephant orphanage.

Elephant Orphanage

The Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage is situated northwest of the town of Kegalle, halfway between the present commercial capital Colombo and the ancient royal residence Kandy. There are about 84 elephants under protection. The orphanage is open to the public.^[2]