Old Nalandians' Association of Canada

06/04/2026

All set for the Battle of the Maroons Canada 2026 🏏

Date. : July 1, 2026
Time. : 9 AM Onwards
Venue. : Maple Leaf Cricket Grounds (King City)

🎉Join us for an epic day of Cricket, Food & Music!
Catch all the action on the field, savor delicious bites from food stalls and vibe to live music all day long! 🎶🍔🥁
Don’t miss it – fun for the whole family! ♥

05/13/2026

Our school going green!

Nalanda College will soon create another unique record by becoming the first Carbon Neutral Certified school in Sri Lanka. The energy audit to obtain this certification has already been conducted and it is expected to that the certificate will be awarded to the College on the World Environment Day which falls on 05th June

Nalanda 98 Group sponsored the cost of obtaining this certification with a donation of
Rs 265,091/- and the funds for same was handed over to the Principal Mr Iran Champika Silva, last week (06th May) by their President Mr Kasun Narangoda in the presence of their members Dr Harsh*tha Nethagee and Dr Jagathdeva Vidanagama.
Nalanda OBA’s Executive President Mr Mohan Gunadasa, General Secretary Mr Varuna Ratnaweera, Treasurer Mr Lahiru Liyanage and Deputy Organiser, Mr Charith Mallawarachchi were also present on this occasion.

04/14/2026

ඔබ සැමට සුබ අලුත් අවුරුද්දක් වේවා!

Wishing the Maroons family a blessed New Year filled with unity and prosperity.

#මේකතමයිබිග්මැච්එක

03/28/2026

Hi everyone….⁩ We have some exciting news! The 2026 edition of Battle of the Maroons Canada is scheduled for July 1st, at Maple Leaf Cricket Grounds, in King City!

It’s time to schedule your summer activities and join us on Canada Day in Toronto! All details of the event will be posted in the coming weeks! Hope to see all of you there!!!

03/04/2026

The annual Dhana pinkama was successfully concluded on Sunday 1st of March, at the West-end Buddhist Centre in Mississauga, by providing Dhana for Sanga as well 100 plus devotees who were observing Sil on pita day! Much merits and thanks to all members who supported by providing food, donations and participated!

කැනඩාවේ නාලන්දා ආදි ශිෂ්‍යය සංගමය විසින් වාර්ෂීකව සංවිධානය කරනු ලබන දානමය පිංකම, මෙවර මැදින් පුන් පොහෝ දිනට සමගාමීව පැවැත්වෙන සිල් සමාදන් වීමේ වැඩසටහන යෙදී ඇති 2026 මාර්තු මස 1 වන ඉරිදා දින පෙරවරු 10 ට “Mississauga West End“ විහාරස්ථානයේදී සාර්තකව පැවැත්වුනි. මෙහෙදී සිල් ගත් 100 ට වඩා පින්වතුන් හට, දානය පිලියෙල කිරීමෙන්, ආදාර ලබාදීමෙන් සහය වුනු අප සමාජිකයින් සහ එදින සහබාගී වූ සාමජිකයින්ටත් අපගේ ගෞරවය සහ ප්‍රනාමය පුද කරමු!

02/14/2026

කැනඩාවේ නාලන්දා ආදි ශිෂ්‍යය සංගමය විසින් වාර්ෂීකව සංවිධානය කරනු ලබන දානමය පිංකම, මෙවර මැදින් පුන් පොහෝ දිනට සමගාමීව පැවැත්වෙන සිල් සමාදන් වීමේ වැඩසටහන යෙදී ඇති 2026 මාර්තු මස 1 වන ඉරිදා දින පෙරවරු 10 ට “Mississauga West End“ විහාරස්ථානයේදී පැවැත්වෙනු ඇත.

ඔබ සැමට ආරාධනා!

12/07/2025

🏳 OBITUARY NOTICE 🏳

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Amarasiri Gunasena - Founding Member of the Old Nalandians’ Sports Club (ONSC) & Member of the Victorious Nalanda College Cricket Team – 1953

Father of Mr.Rajinda Gunasena (President-Old Nalandians' Association in Canada) & Mr. Milinda Gunasena.

His legacy, dedication and lifelong service to Nalanda will be remembered with deep gratitude and respect.

Funeral details:
Remains will lie at Jayaratne Respect Funeral Parlour from December 9th morning & and the cremation will be held on 10th December at 4.00pm at Borella General Cemetery.

May he attain the Supreme Bliss of Nibbana!

-Old Nalandians' Association in Canada

11/17/2025

Countdown in on! 11 hours to close the auction. Once the reserve amount of $7000 the bat will be sold! Make sure it's your bid!

BID SECURELY at! https://can.givergy.com/MahelaBat/

11/16/2025

One day to go and CURRENT BID $6000! Time to get your bid in!

We are just one day to go to close the auction of Mahela Jayawardena's autographed bat and we have almost reached our Reserve! The bat will be sold to the luck bidder, ONCE WE REACH the $ 7000!! We know the last minute bidders are waiting patiently and will exceed past the Reserve amount!

Help us and Mahela Jayawardena to raise funds for the Nalanda College, the school he honed his cricket career, celebrate 100 years, and towards a new state of the art Innovatiion and Sports Centre.

Register and BID SECURELY at! https://can.givergy.com/MahelaBat/

11/12/2025

Current BID for the autographed bat by Mahela Jayawardena is at $4000!

Let's keep it going as this is a fundraiser for Nalanda Centenary project, building an brand new state of the art Innovatiion and Sports Centre.

Register NOW to BID! https://can.givergy.com/MahelaBat/