Kala Suri කලා සූරී கலாசூரி
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Awarded by
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Type | Title of honor/Order of merit |
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Eligibility | Sri Lankan citizens |
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Criteria | Highly notable service to the nation in Art,cinema and music |
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Status | Currently constituted |
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First induction | 1986 |
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Last induction | 2019 |
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Precedence |
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Next (higher) | Kala Keerithi |
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The Kala Suri (Sinhala: කලා සූරී; Tamil: கலாசூரி, romanized: Kalācūri) is a Sri Lankan national honour awarded "for special contributions to the development of the arts".[1] It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Kala Suri ranks lower than Vidya Nidhi.
Awardees
Awardees include:
- 1984
- 1991
- 1994
- 1998
- Jiffry Yoonoos[3]
- Parakrama Kodituwakku[3]
- Dharmasiri Bandaranayake[3]
- G. S. B. Rani[3]
- S. A D. D. Samarasekera[3]
- D. V. Richard de Silva[3]
- Jayalath Manoratne[3]
- Tissa Abeysekera[3]
- A. Sivanesa Selvan[3]
- 2005
- Anne Ranasinghe[4]
- Anoma Rajakaruna[4]
- Barbara Sansoni Lewcock[4]
- Chandraguptha Thenuwara[4]
- Channa Wijewardena[4]
- Chitra Ranawake[4]
- Dulip Gabada Mudalige[4]
- Edward Jayakody[4]
- H. A. Perera[4]
- Harsh Makalanda[4]
- Inoka Sathyangani Keerthinanda[4]
- Jagath Weerasinghe[4]
- Janadasa Peiris[4]
- Latha Walpola[4]
- M. A. Nuhuman[4]
- Muhanned Mohideen Abdul Cader[4]
- Nelum Harasgama Nadaraja[4]
- Oosha Saravanamuttu[4]
- Parakrama Niriella[4]
- Pradeep Chandrasiri[4]
- Pushpakumara Kandegedara[4]
- R. Rushankan[4]
- Rajini Selvanayagam[4]
- Rohana Baddage[4]
- Rohanadeva Perera[4]
- Subramanium Vilvaratnam[4]
- Sarath Chandrajeewa[4]
- Somaratne Dissanayake[4]
- Stanley Omar[4]
- Sumathy Sivamohan[4]
- T. Shanathanan[4]
- Udaya Shantha Fernando[4]
References
- ^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 9781932705485.
- ^ Thangamma Appakutty
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Deshamanya for 14 Lankans". Sundaytimes. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "National Honours Part 2" (PDF). Government Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
External links
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