Colombo’s Cartagena monuments are a part of religious history of human civilization; its system which divides the city into three zones : San Pedro, San Diego and Gethsemani, speaks of the social segregation according to its people’s interests. The first zone keeps the cathedral and the palaces; the second is filled with dwellings of merchants and of the middle class people, and the third is identified with popular quarter.

Cartagena which is known as Cartagena de Indias finds its root in ‘Kota-garha’ means the ‘fortress’ of Kota country; it also points to ‘kotha-ghara’ means the ‘gathering-centre’ of its citizens. It is more interesting to see, as scholars point out, that, it was an essential link in the route of the West Indies.

The term ‘San’ anciently identifies a sacred place, a sacred person, and also a sacred tree; it identifies the monastery in this name . It is marks the Catherine Monastery in the ancient Babylon at the ‘centre of the earth’ where its king wished to build a ladder to the ‘Heaven’.

San Matías, Bocagrande,  San Felipe del Boquerón, San Luis, San José, San Fernando, San Rafael and Santa Bárbara at Bocachica (the southwest pass); Santa Cruz, San Juan de Manzanillo and San Sebastián de Pastelillo,  Castillo San Felipe de Barajas and the isthmus of Cabrero collectively define a compact geographical region of the homeland of the migrants who built their second home at Colombo.

San Matías—Maithili/Matiapada; Mytellene of the Bible.

Bocagrande—or Boca-grande identifies the Bacchus

San Felipe del Boquerón—Arhat Ballhaba at Veluva;

San Luis—Goddess Loi

San José— God Zeus or Kasyapa

San Fernando—Arhat Ananda

San Rafael—identifies Rachel’s Tomb, same as Rahula

Santa Bárbara—Saint Barbara, it identifies the clan ‘barbara’ itself.

Bocachica (the southwest pass)—Bhikshuka means ‘Monk’

Santa Cruz—Saint Kroust

San Juan de Manzanillo—Temple of Jina at Manza-nillo refers to Mt Nila

Manza—Mangala

Nillo—Blue ; Blue Mountain as same as Place of Enlightenment

San Sebastián de Pastelillo—Srabasti and Basta and Baisali

de Barajas— Sacred Place of ‘Vajra’ means the ‘Thunder’, again refers to Nillo

isthmus of Cabrero—relates to the river Kaberi as same as Kapila

Centro, Cathedral of Cartagena—Catherine Monastery marks the place Chandra

Convent of San Pedro Claver—Seat of worship at Puundra; Claver refers to the

flower ‘Karabira’.

San Diego—refers to Digha, name of a place, name of a

king, name of deva, a yaksha etc.

Getsemaní— a sramana means a ‘monk’.

San Juan—Saint Jinn or Zion; an Enlightened Teacher