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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. ...