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The " Sri Lanka Matha " (English: "Mother Sri Lanka"; Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා මාතා, romanized: Śrī Lańkā Mātā; Tamil: ஸ்ரீ லங்கா தாயே, romanized: Srī Laṅkā Tāyē) is the national anthem of Sri Lanka. "Sri Lanka Matha" was composed by Ananda Samarakoon and was originally titled " Namo ...
Title Symbol Media Notes National anthem "Sri Lanka Matha" Anthem: "Sri Lanka Matha" The national anthem of Sri Lanka "Sri Lanka Matha" is believed to have been written by Rabindranath Tagore and later composed by Ananda Samarakoon in 1940 before the island nation's independence from the British.
Biography. Edirisinghe was born on 17 January 1913 at Baddegama in the Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. [1] He received his primary and secondary education from the Meepavala Buddhist School, Richmond College and Mahinda College. While he was having his secondary education at Mahinda College, he acted in stage dramas like ...
මහින්ද හිමි ), was a Buddhist monk from the state of Sikkim. He was a poet and author, and participated in the Sri Lankan independence movement. Although he was from Sikkim, he identified himself as a Tibetan, presumably because it was more well known in Ceylon. S. Mahinda thero arrived in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) at a young ...
Dr. Cristopher William Wijekoon Kannangara ( Sinhala ආචාර්ය ක්රිස්ටෝෆර් විලියම් විජේකෝන් කන්නන්ගර; 18 October 1894 – 23 September 1969) was a Sri Lankan Lawyer and a politician. He rose up the ranks of Sri Lanka's movement for independence in the early part of ...
P. B. Illangasinghe. Punchi Banda Elangasinha, Rate Mahatmaya ( Sinhala: පුංචි බණ්ඩා ඉලන්ගසිංහ; 6 April 1888 – 22 September 1960) was a Sri Lankan notary public, traditional eye doctor, astrologist and musicologist. Best known for writing the anthems of Dharmaraja College, Hillwood College, and Rahula ...
Sri Lanka's more recent history was marred by a 26-year civil war, which began in 1983 and ended in 2009, when the Sri Lanka Armed Forces defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Sri Lanka is a developing country, ranking 73rd on the Human Development Index.
Years active. 1938–1962. Musical artist. Egodahage George Wilfred Alwis Samarakoon (13 January 1911 – 2 April 1962) known as Ananda Samarakoon was a Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) composer and musician. He composed the Sri Lankan national anthem "Namo Namo Matha" and is considered the father of artistic Sinhala music and founder of the modern Sri ...