Trinity College Chapel

trinity College, standing in manicured grounds off D S Senananyake Mawatha, was founded in 1872 to provide education on english lines for the children of British planters and administrators and for Sri Lankan converts to the Anglican church. It is Still the Country's foremost Christian educational establishment. The chapel, with its granite columns carved with traditional sinhalese architectural influences, with wooden doorways and roof beams carved by local craftsmen, a pantiled roof and overhanging eaves that echo the design of the Tooth Temple. The work of the college's vice Principal, it was begun in 1922 to mark the 50th anniversary of the foundation of Trinnity College. The huge murals within depiciting stories from the Bible, are the work of the aptly named David Paynter, one of Sri lanka's most famous artists.