Kala Keerthi

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The Kala Keerthi (Sinhala: කලා කීර්ති) is a Sri Lankan national honour awarded "for extraordinary achievements and contributions in arts, culture and drama".[1] It is the highest national honour for arts, culture and drama in Sri Lanka. It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Kala Keerthi ranks lower than Vidya Jyothi.

Awardees[edit]

Awardees include: [2]

1986
1987
1988
  • Prof Thomas Earle Joseph de Fonseka
  • Dr Punchi Bandara Sannasgala
  • Varindra Tarzie Vittachi
1989
  • Eileen Siriwardhana
  • Alankarage Victor Suraweera
  • Lorna Srimathie Dewaraja
  • Jinadasa Vijayatunge
1990
  • Miniwandeni Pathirannehelage Tillakaratna
  • Arumugam Kandiah
1991
1992
1993
  • Sembuge Shelton Gamini Fonseka
  • Miguel Hewage Goonatilleka
  • Chitra Malinee Jayasinghe Peris
  • Ponniah Poologasingham
  • Jayadeva Tilakasiri
  • Vini Vitharana
1994
  • Pinnaduwa Hewa Cyril de Silva Kulathilaka
  • Chitrasena
  • Swarna Jayaweera
  • Sinnathamby Thillainathan
  • Madawala Sirisena Ratnayake
  • Wimal Wickrama Surendra
  • Mawanana Hewa Peter Silva
  • Anuradha Seneviratne
  • Nambukara Thanthrige Karunaratna Gunapala Senadheera
  • Ashley Halpe
1998
2005
2017 [4]
  • Arun Dias Bandaranaike
  • Edmand Ranasinghe
  • G. Kartini Drahaman Mohamed
  • George Edmond Jayasinghe
  • Gunawardhana Mudalige Ajith Hemachandra
  • Hapuwalanege Don Ariyadasa (Dasa Hapuwalana)
  • Herman Ronald Lakshman De Alwis
  • Ivor Dennis
  • Kurukulasuriya Eligius Camillus Perera
  • Lalitha Sarathchandra
  • Lionel Bentharage
  • Madhubhashini Disanayaka Ratnayaka
  • Namel Weeramuni
  • Nanayakkarage Sumana Jayatillake
  • Nellampitiya Pathirana Arachchige Dayawathi (Daya Nellampitiya)
  • Ranasinghe Arachchige Jayantha Prema Lal Hegoda
  • Saravanai Vinayagamoorthy
  • Singarampillai Thillanadarajah
  • Suminda Sirisena
  • Suresh Maliyadde
  • Sunanda Mahendra
  • Wijesinghe Arachchilage Abeysingha

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 9781932705485.
  2. ^ http://www.presidentsoffice.gov.lk/?page_id=340 List of National Honour Awardees
  3. ^ "Deshamanya for 14 Lankans". Sundaytimes. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  4. ^ http://www.sundaytimes.lk/170319/news/national-honours-after-12-years-233395.html 2017 National Honour Awardees List

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