Kurana, Sri Lanka
Kurana is a municipal ward of Negombo city, Sri Lanka. It is on the Negombo-Colombo Main road and is located a few miles from the Bandaranaike International Airport. People living in Kurana belong to various nationalities and religions.
Rev. John Simon de Silva, the Methodist clergyman, temperance activist, journalist and nationalist was born in this village.
Vernon Corea's father, Reverend Canon Ivan Corea was a curate at St. Phillips Angalican Church in Kurana, Katunayake at the time of his birth in 1927.
