Buddhist Ladies College Archives

Unduvap Poya Day commemorates the arrival of Sangamitta Therani in Sri Lanka with a Bo sapling from the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in India during the month of Unduwap. – By Kithsiri Senadeera This song remembering Arhat Sangamitta Therani, was composed and sung in the ’60s. It was written by Mr. Reginald Alwis who was then a Teacher at the Buddhist Ladies College in Colombo 7 Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Mrs. Shanti Hyacinth Senadeera a past pupil of the same School and an Early Childhood Graduate Teacher has kept this song in memory and used it in her teaching profession in Pre-schools and the Dhamma School in Sydney, Australia. Intending to conserve (සංරක්ෂණය) this masterpiece of lyrics and music for future generations, using her repertoire of music, she has produced a new soundtrack for this song. My special thanks to Miss Ishi Yogya Mahadurage for her beautiful singing and sincere thanks to ...

Kavindya Adhikari phenomenal multi-talented singer, folk, western, classical accomplished dance exponent supersedes achievements of parental duo Samitha Athula – by Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : trendceylon Kavindya Adikari Kavindyaessentially a folk singer ,dancer was born 20th June 1996 to Athula Samitha duo perhaps the most famous singing twosome in the current era. The decade of 1990 is often reminisced as a decade of peace, prosperity, and the growth of the World Wide Web internet in 1992 . Kavindya fits into a part of a Millennial Generation, also known as Generation Y. Millennials, is a generation who grew up with computers, internet, and social networks. After the marriage of Samitha Mudunkotuwa and Athula Adhikari as all married couples the duo too was interested in having a child. When Samitha was pregnant had visited Venerable Rambukkana Siddartha thera requesting to pen lyrics for a child to be born.The duet became very popular even today ...