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Kaliyugaya (novel)

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Kaliyugaya
AuthorMartin Wickremasinghe
LanguageSinhala
GenreHistorical novel
Publication date
1957
Publication placeSri Lanka
Media typePrint (paperback)
Preceded byGamperaliya 
Followed byYuganthaya 

Kaliyugaya (Sinhala, Age of Darkness) is a novel written by Sinhala writer Martin Wickremasinghe and first published in 1957. It is the second book of Wickremasinghe's trilogy that started with Gamperaliya - transformation of a village. The final book of the trilogy is Yuganthaya (culmination of the era).

It was adapted into a movie by Lester James Peries in 1981.

The story depicts the lives of Nanda and Piyal after marriage and their children.