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Peraliya
Peraliya is a small coastal village situated in Hikkaduwa, Galle District in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka.
The village could be reached from Colombo in three hours; it is located around Temple Road off the 95 km mark of Galle Road.
The village was devastated by the tsunami tidal waves at around 9.26 am on December 26, 2004. An express train from Colombo towards Galle swept away killing 1468 passengers. The village had lost 500 of its people, and 200 have gone missing.