Sucharitha was the home of Ranasinghe Premadasa, former President of Sri Lanka. It was the headquarters of his Sri Sucharitha Movement.[1] Premadasa remained at Sucharitha even after being elected president, using President's House, Colombo only for official functions.
Premadasa hosted LTTE leaders at Sucharitha for peace talks in 1989.[2] Following his death, it has been turned into a social services center with the Sucharitha Hall and Sucharitha Library serving the public.