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Vocalist, Violinist, Music teacher. Years active. 1970 – Present. Tennakoon Mudiyanselage Jayaratne, also known as T.M. Jayaratne (Sinhala:ටි.එම්.ජයරත්න) (born 13 April 1944) in Dodangoda, Sri Lanka is a popular Sri Lankan vocalist and a violinist. He has received the Presidential Award of Sri Lanka in 1978, 1979, 1980 ...
Online. ElaKiri, also known as ElaKiri.com is a virtual collaborative community which is aimed at creating a platform for members to share knowledge covering a large number of topics. Primarily for the convenience of members, these topics have been categorized under different forums. Members are required to ask questions, answer other users ...
A Musicians in Sri Dalada Maligawa. The music of Sri Lanka has its roots in five primary influences: ancient folk rituals, Hindu religious traditions, Buddhist religious traditions, the legacy of European colonisation, and the commercial and historical influence of nearby Indian culture—specifically, Kollywood cinema and Bollywood cinema.
Jaya Sri (Sinhala: ජය ශ්රී), are a Sri Lankan reggae consisting of Rohitha Jayalath , Rohan Jayalath, who are twins along with five more members to form full band. [1] Considered one of the most commercially successful music duos in Sri Lanka, [2] Jaya Sri has received global success in many European countries particularly with ...
Sunil Santha was a Sri Lankan composer, singer and lyricist. [1] He was pivotal in the development of Sinhala music and folk songs in the mid to late 1940s and early 1950s. [2][3] He composed the beloved soundtracks to Lester James Peries ' films Rekava and Sandesaya in 1956 and 1960. In a later comeback, he produced several experimental works.
Nanda Malini. Mirihana Arachchige Nanda Malini Perera (Sinhala:නන්දා මාලනී: born 23 August 1943), popularly as Nanda Malini, is a Sri Lankan musician. One of the best known and most honoured singers of Sri Lanka, Malini's choice of singing themes are based on real life and social-cultural situations. [1] Her songs intricate ...
Musical artist. Madawala Liyanage Don Sarathchandra Priyadarshi Suriyasena Liyanage (Sinhala:ප්රියා සූරියසේන: born 27 October 1944), popularly as Priya Suriyasena, is a Sri Lankan singer. Priya first emerged as a talented local singer with the guidance of his father, who was a poet, and then rose to fame overnight ...
Kanda Surinduni. Kanda Surinduni ("O Lord God of the Mountain") is a Sri Lankan song composed by Clarence Wijewardena. It was originally performed by the Super Golden Chimes with Wijewardene at vocals in the mid-1970s. The lyrics of the song present a prayer of praise to the god Kataragama in the point of view of a pilgrim visiting the shrine ...