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After completing his secondary education with Geography, Sinhala and Buddhist Civilization for G.C.E A/L, he attended the University of Peradeniya, where he continued to study drama under the guidance of Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra. Manoratne completed his master's degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, also obtaining a PhD ...
Rathnayake Arachchilage Jayantha Rathnayake (Sinhala: ජයන්ත රත්නායක; 8 August 1968 – 6 April 2020), popularly known as Jayantha Rathnayake, was a renowned music composer, music director and a singer. [1] One of the most popular musicians in Sri Lanka, Jayantha rose to prominence with the musical band Siha Shakthi. [2]
Venerable Harispattuwe Ariyawanshalankara thero was also a philanthropist who had donated money he received for the benefit of the society rather than his own use. He died in 2014. The funeral was plainly held and even the money collected for the ceremony was used to construct a house for a needy family as the lastwill of thero before his death.
Sinhala (/ ˈ s ɪ n h ə l ə, ˈ s ɪ ŋ ə l ə / SIN-hə-lə, SING-ə-lə; [2] Sinhala: සිංහල, siṁhala, [ˈsiŋɦələ]), [3] sometimes called Sinhalese (/ ˌ s ɪ n (h) ə ˈ l iː z, ˌ s ɪ ŋ (ɡ) ə ˈ l iː z / SIN-(h)ə-LEEZ, SING-(g)ə-LEEZ), is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the ...
Rathnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali [a] (Sinhala: රත්නායක ලියනගේ විශ්මා සඳමාලි; December 5, 1987 – March 6, 2021) was a Sri Lankan woman who died in custody at an immigration detention facility in Nagoya, Japan, after her requests for provisional release and adequate medical care were denied.
His funeral was done according to the last will and the instructions he has given to his pupils in the early 1980s. Maha Nayaka thero requested for no state funeral, no publicity in the media, no banners, no ringing of his temple bell and stated that all he had wanted was for his body be cremated within the temple premises, with no coffin. [ 4 ]
Visharada Dona Delicia Neela Wickramasinghe (Sinhala: නීලා වික්රමසිංහ; 30 March 1950 – 17 January 2022), popularly as Neela Wickramasinghe, was a Sri Lankan songstress, teacher, playback singer and musician.
Kalubowila Kumarasinghe Mudiyanselage Herath Bandaage Herath (24 June 1954 – 13 November 1989: Sinhala: එච්. බී. හේරත්), popularly known as H. B. Herath, was a Sri Lankan political activist who was killed by army forces. He was a member of the JVP party in the period 1983–1989.