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An artist who believed in ‘different strokes’ Appreciation on Jagath Kodithuwakku Source:Dailymirror Artist Jagath Kodithuwakku’s passing away on February 19 (Saturday) created a huge void in the arts scene in Sri Lanka. He was 56 years old at the time of death and was being taken care of by medical experts in a home for mentally challenged people, in Negombo. Family sources said that Jagath was put in a mental home because that would enable him to take his medicines at the proper time. Artist Jagath Kodithuwakku Jagath poses with one of his arts which portrays the life events of a foreigner  Jagath was a seasoned traveler, nature lover painter and martial artist and believed in planning the day with activities around art. He often set aside the evenings to taste his preferred fermented beverage and converse with people whose ideas mattered to him. People initially knew him as an ...