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Advertise your property in Sri Lanka for a full year on eLanka – 25th August 2023 Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Advertise For Sale – Barnes Place Colombo 7 – Brand New 3 Bed Room apartment. PROPERTY FOR SALE – JAYANTHIPURA, BATTARAMULLA House for Sale in Colombo 5 Nawala House with Large Garden for sale with Clear Title Baththaramulla (Sri Lanka) Apartment for Sale Rare opportunity in the Colombo suburbs to develop the perfect city escape! Rare opportunity in the Colombo suburbs to develop the perfect city escape! 14th Annual General Meeting of the per-seventies Batch Group – 2023 – 25th August Traffic Light Party – 25th August 2023 ( Melbourne Event ) Swarna Swara – Sat 26th Aug 2023 – 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM ( Brisbane Event ) SINHABAHU – Saturday 26 August 2023 – 26th August 2023 – 6.30 PM ...

Aug 25, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Weekly Events and Advertisements Tagged House for sale in Colombo 5, PROPERTY FOR SALE, Sathgunawath Horu, Sinhabahu

“Sinhabahu” in Adelaide for Roshan Mahanama Trust-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis A NOTICE ciruclated by ASLA and Nayan Perera in Adelaide, August 2023 Dear Friends, Adelaide Lakhanda with the Nalanda Old Boys Association of South Australia & Sri Lanka Cricket South Australia is excited to invite you to a meaningful event with an entertaining and purposeful evening. On 26th August, at the Regal Theatre Kensington, we will be screening the movie “Sinhabahu” for a noble cause. As you may already know, the Roshan Mahanama Trust is a dedicated organisation working tirelessly to empower underprivileged children in Sri Lanka. We firmly believe that every child deserves a chance at a bright future, and this belief fuels our efforts to provide them with a solid educational foundation, a healthy lifestyle, and a safe environment. ...

Aug 13, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Roshan Mahanama, Sinhabahu

THE INAUGURAL MELODIC EXPEDITION AT THE LIONEL WENDT ON JANUARY 07th 2023 “SANDA PAHAN RE” MIYESI SUYAMAYA” – By Sunil Thenabadu Dr Kanchamala Ranasinghe known as “Kanchi” to her colleagues in the medical profession, family, friends in addition to been a medical lecturer in Griffith University in Brisbane, is a private medical practitioner also possess multifaceted competences, skills, traits in many other fields. She has undeniably inherited genes via hereditary affinations from her parental duo Terrence and Malini Ranasinghe who were acclaimed dramatists in Professor Ediriweera Sarathchandra’s dramas , “Sinhabahu and ‘’Maname’ having portrayed the roles of “Potheguru” and “Suppadevi” in the former and ‘Maname’ Queen in the latter ,having graduated as scholars from the Peradeniya University .Kanchi perhaps has gone a step beyond by obtaining best results in MBBS ,working as a clinical physician then further qualifying in post graduate medical studies from Brisbane universities to be ...

Dec 8, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Dr Kanchamala Ranasinghe, Kanchi, Lalitha Sarathchandra, Malini Ranasinghe, Professor Ediriweera Sarathchandra, Sinhabahu, Sri Lanka

KALA SURI, KALA KEERTHI DR JAYLATH MANORATNE HIGHLY PROFICIENT ILLUSTRIOUS ACTOR .SCRIPT WRITER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER ON STAGE, TELE, CINEMA IN VIBRANT CRUISE FOR FIVE DECADES – By Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : dailymirror Kala Suri,Kala Keerthi Dr Keselgaspe Mantunga Jayalath Manoratne popularly known as Jayalath Manoratna, was an acclaimed infinite actor ,director, producer in Sri Lanka cinema,stage drama and television. He was a lecturer by profession as well as a director cum producer of stage and teledramas ,a poet, an author of many books. A highly versatile actor ranging from drama to comedy, Jayalath has won all possible awards at OCIC (International Catholic Organization for Cinema and Audio visual), Presidential, Sarasaviya, Raigam Tele’es, Sumathi and the State Literary,Presidential awards,Signis and Drama festivals in numerous occasions. He was the best actor as back to back as in year1991 and 1992 for his performance in Socrates and Dvitva. He is deemed by critics as one of the ...

Dec 7, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged actor, Dayananda Gunawardena, Gunsena Galappaththy, Guru Tharuwa, Henry Jayasena, Jayalath Manoratne, Maname, Professor Ediriweera Sarathchandra, professors Sunil Ariyaratne, Sinhabahu, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka cinema, Sri Lankan Stage, stage drama, Sugathapala De Silva, Sunanda Mahendra, Tissa Kariyawasam, Walter Marasinghe

KANCHANAMALA (KANCHI) RANASINGHE-MULTIFACETED GENIUS HIGHLY QUALIFIED MEDICAL DOCTOR ,LECTURER,VOCALIST,CHARITY WORKER, DRAMTIST IN SINHABAHU AT PEAK OF CELEBRITY – BY SUNIL THENABADU Dr Kanchanamala Ranasinghe known popularly as Kanchi among her family,friends, patients and admirers is a multifaceted authoritarian charisma has at her relatively young age navigated over many traits as a consultant clinical doctor for which she has the highest post graduate certification, Kanchi with her multifaceted competences, traits, and talents retain a diverse temperament with expertise in multiple fields. Kanchi has immense hereditary affiliations inherited from her parents who were both scholars and dramatists. The duo Malini and Terrence Ranasinghe then residents of Peradeniya both have honorary degrees in Biology and Arts from the University of Peradeniya .Mother Malini had been selected to the medical faculty in Colombo, as then there had been only this solitary medical faculty in Sri Lanka , her parents had objected to accepting this offer as she had to ...

Oct 21, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged 4EB radio, Brisbane, Dr. Kanchanamala Ranasinghe, Griffith University, Kanchi, Lalitha Sarathchandra, Sinhabahu, Sri Lanka, University of Peradeniya

MALINI RANASINGHE “SUPPADEVI MANAME QUEEN” JOINT RECEPIENT OF CERTIFICATE FROM THE GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS INSTITUTION UNPARALLED MERIT YET UNSURPASSED IN ANY FIELD IN THE ANNALS OF HISTORY IN NATIVE SRI LANKA – by Sunil Thenabadu Malini Ranasinghe nee Silva pseudonym ‘Suppadevi Maname Queen’ born on 19th October 1943 has had her primary and secondary education at Girls High School in Kandy. In school she had been a very bright student though possessed immense innate talent sans any hereditary affiliations to art and culture. In her school as a tradition only English plays of Willaim Shakespeare were staged. But members of the Sinhala literary society including Malini were used to script Sinhalese plays similar to that of Shakespeare plays had staged purely having a deep passion and skills for drama. Malini had studied in the science stream despite having passion acting and singing to unprecedented tall elevations she had ...

Oct 15, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Malini Ranasinghe, Maname drama, Pandit WD Amaradewa, Professor Ediriweera Sarathchandra, Sinhabahu, Suppadevi Maname Queen

PRASANNAJITH ABEYSURIYA AN AUTOGRAPHED PHENOMINAL ACTOR ON STAGE, TELE DRAMA AND FILMS, GRADED LECTURER WITH PASSION FOR STREET DRAMA – by Sunil Thenabadu Photo Source : watchlanka.com “Prasannajith Abeysuriya having a doctorate for his research on script writing, directing, acting, choreography and costume designing for stage drama is attached to the faculty of dance and drama,department of drama,oriental ballet and contemporary dance as a senior lecturer( grade one) at the university of visual and performing arts .Prasannajith( his real name Prasanna Suranjith had been blundered by the related authorities at the registrar of births) is a native of Wellampitiya born to a middle class family, father been a reputed trader. Prasannajith has had no hereditary affiliations to art, has possessed immense innate talent for art. He is the sixth sibling in a family of nine.When the siblings were eight in number his father for the love of children had adopted the ...

Aug 11, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Austin Munasinghe, Gamane Ya, Jayantha Gunatilleke, Kuveni, Maname, National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority, Nayana Hettiarachchi, Nimal Chandrasiri, Prasannajith Abeysuriya, Sarath Amarawansa, Sinhabahu, Sirithunga Perera, Sri Lankan drama, University of Visual and Performing Arts

NISSANKA DIDDENIYA ROBUST AUTOGRAPHED CELEBRATED ACTOR ON STAGE REMINISCENED – by Sunil Thenabadu Photo Source:songhub.lk Nissanka Diddeniya known to many as Diga at heart, himself a die-hard country folk born in a very rural village Panawenna in Kahawatta in an ecological environment. Nissanka had grew up in a small farming community his father himself a humble paddy farmer.Both father and mother were both gifted vocalists. Nissanka’s family consisted of three brothers apart from four sisters .Two elder brothers were ‘teeter’ artistes, elder had portrayed female fictitious characters while the other had performed anti-hero roles in the village ‘teeter” dramas which Nissanka had followed suite. No doubt Nissanka had inherited innate artistic aptitudes from his littler days. The atmosphere within the village with the Adams peak and Sinharaja forest on either side overlooking ,with streams, with flora in abundance was indeed a terrific impetus for any person to commence a career in art. ...

Feb 23, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Kelaniya University, National Youth Service Council, Nilakshi Helapitya, Professor Ediriweera Sarathchandra, Rodney Warnakula, Saman Lenin.Indika Upamali, Sinhabahu, State Drama Festival, University of Peradeniya, Visual and Performing Arts University

Sarachchandra Open Air Theatre – spectacular amphitheatre By Arundathie Abeysinghe Sarachchandra Open Air Theatre is located at the center of *University of Peradeniya. It is named in memory of *Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra. Built according to the architectural style of ancient Greek Theatres, it is a spectacular theatre and is popularly known as “Wala” (meaning pit in Sinhala due to its shape) among undergraduates at the University and drama enthusiasts. According to drama enthusiasts, the Theatre is also called “watching place” as spectators sit on the stone steps created on a slope. Built in 1950s, the space where the theatrical performances take place is semi-circular with stone steps for spectators. A large number of spectators can be accommodated in this space. This is the venue for the majority of dramas which take place at the University. Acoustics have played a vital role in the construction of this theatre as spectators seated ...

Jan 17, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Arundathie Abeysinghe Tagged Arundathie Abeysinghe, Maname, Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra, Sinhabahu, University of Peradeniya