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Peshala a maestro a brand doyen in Tabla at the pinnacle of celebrity – by Sunil Thenabadu Source:songhub.lk   Peshala Peshkaaran Manoj popularly known as Peshala is a ‘brand’ name in Sri Lanka synonymous with Tabla. Peshala perhaps the most qualified Tabla exponent having Nipun.Masters and a Degree from the Bahathkande University in Lucknow India where he had a prolonged career for nearly eight years from year 2000 when he began his university career even before his Advanced level results were released.In fact it is on record that Peshala’s Advanced Level results were dispatched to him while in Lucknow.  Peshala hails from Dematagoda has humbly affirmed that his parents were not that affluent not artistes either , not had any hereditary affiliations to his music ability.Father and Mother had been adherents to normal music which Peshala and his younger brother had followed suite. Pehala’s father had played the Dole with ...