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Algama Koralalage Lionel Kumaradasa Perera (24 March 1935 – 18 May 2008 Sinhala: ලයනල් අල්ගම ), popularly known as Lionel Algama was a Sri Lankan singer, composer and a musician. [1] Considered one of the most respected musicians in Sinhala song, [2] Algama is most notable for the invention of a musical instrument known as ...
Occupation (s) Catholic priest, musician, lyricist, author, journalist and patriot. Fr. Marcelline Jayakody ( Sinhala: මර්සලින් ජයකොඩි පියතුමා) (3 June 1902 ─ January 15, 1998) was a Sri Lankan Catholic priest, musician, lyricist, author, journalist [1] and an exponent of indigenous culture. He is ...
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.
Most of the musician in Sri Lanka have come out with their own creations The temple paintings and carvings used birds, elephants, wild animals, flowers and trees. The colors were made of nature. The traditional 18 dances display the dancing of birds and animals. Mayura Wannama – The dance of the peacock.
Kala Suri Alhaj Kareem Mohideen Baig ( Sinhala: මොහිදින් බෙග්, Arabic: محي الدين بيك; 5 December 1919 – 4 November 1991), popularly as Mohideen Baig, was a Sri Lankan musician. [1] One of the most influential singers in Sinhala music, Baig is known particularly for his Buddhist devotional music. [2] He is a ...
Sujatha Vidyalaya is a girls' school in Matara, Sri Lanka. The Matara Buddhist Society founded the school as a private Buddhist institution in 1929. [ 2] It was the first Buddhist girls' school in Matara. Today, the Government of Sri Lanka operates Sujatha Vidyalaya as a national school; it was one of the initial group of schools to receive ...
He was ordained a Buddhist monk on 27 July 1999 and given his present name Bibiladeniye Mahanama. He is a student of Wahantare Siddhartha thero at Sri Shailathalaramaya - Panduwasnuwara. [22] His initial Pirivena education was at the Paramadhamma Cheitiya Pirivena in Ratmalana since 1999, and continued his higher studies at the Sri Pandukabhya ...
Dasavidha-rājadhamma ("tenfold virtue of the ruler") is one of the Buddhist dhamma that rulers of people, organisations, companies, offices, countries or other organs are purposed to hold. It could be found in Sutta, Khuddakanikāya, Jātaka, stating: Dānaṁ sīlaṁ pariccāgaṁ ājjavaṁ maddavaṁ tapaṁ. akkodaṁ avihiṁsañca ...