The visitors were bowled out for 269 runs in their second innings after facing follow on.
After the thumping victory on fourth day of the second Test, India moved to number one spot in the Test ICC rankings.
A dominant India took one-and-half sessions to complete the formalities and spank Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs in the second cricket Test to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series here today.
This turned out to be India's 100th Test victory in their 432nd outing.
The visitors began 57 for four and did their best to delay the inevitable before the Indians polished off the remnants of the Lankan resistance to complete a facile win with more than four sessions to spare.
Sri Lankans, who managed 229 in the first innings, did slightly better in their second essay, folding for 269.
India thus became the sixth nation to win 100 Test matches, following Australia (332), England (310), West Indies (152), South Africa (120) and Pakistan (102).
This was also India's biggest victory margin against the Lankans, in terms of innings. The previous mark was their thrashing of the islanders by an innings and 119 runs in the 1994 Lucknow Test.
With six wickets separating the Lankans from a defeat and two full days at India's disposal, the islanders' capitulation was just a matter of time and the four wickets they lost in the morning session only hastened their end.
Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir awarded for brilliant partnership. Comeback boy S Sreesanth was adjudged 'Man of the Match' for his five wicket haul in the first innings.
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