Nalaka Explained

Nalaka may refer to

• Nalaka, village near Rajgriha, India; birthplace of Sariputra, one of the chief male disciples of Gautama Buddha
• Nalaka, disciple of The Buddha, son of the ancient Indian ascetic Asita (who predicted that Siddhartha Gautama would become The Buddha)
• Nalaka Godahewa, Chairman of Securities Exchange Commission in Sri Lanka
• Nalaka Gunawardene, writer and journalist
• Nalaka Kolonne, Sri Lankan politician
• Nalaka Kottegoda (born 1979), Sri Lankan politician
• Nalaka Roshan (born 1993), Sri Lankan international footballer
• Nalaka Vithanage, Sri Lankan director
• Nalaka, Florida, a town developed around the turpentine industry that died out once the trees were gone