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 PHENOMINAL MULTIPOTENTIALITY RAVIBANDU VIDYAPATHY RESPONSIBLE FOR POPULARISING SRI LANKAN ANCIENT DANCING WITH HIS PERCUSSION SYMPHONY ENSEMBLEM AMONG WESTERN COMMUNITIES – by Sunil Thenabadu The Ravibandu Vidyapathy  is  multipotentiality acclaimed Sri Lankan drummer, dancer, choreographer, instructor, theatre costume and prop designer ,an accomplished percussionist who had introduced experimental percussion symphony to the western world. Ravibandu along with his wife Samanthi has brought laurels to motherland in performing with the pupils of the duo’s dance school Ravibandu-Samanthi Narthanayathanaya at several foreign venues to dumbfound numerous passionate audiences  . Ravibandu who has had hereditary affiliations with innate aptitude skills in dancing is the elder son of iconic multifaceted artistic duo  Kalasuri Somabandu Vidyapathi a resident of Pannipitiya and Malathi Algama Ravibandu a Kandyan ,both hailing from dancing and painting upbringings. The mother is the daughter of Algama Kiriganitha Gurunnanse a well renowned upcountry dancer and teacher who had groomed among many , Chandralekha a prominent dancer. ...