Kala Suri

Kala Suri
කලා සූරී
கலாசூரி
Awarded by

The Government of Sri Lanka
TypeTitle of honor/Order of merit
EligibilitySri Lankan citizens
CriteriaHighly notable service to the nation in Art,cinema and music
StatusCurrently constituted
Statistics
First induction1986
Last induction2019
Precedence
Next (higher)Kala Keerithi


The Kala Suri (Sinhala: කලා සූරී; Tamil: கலாசூரி, romanized: Kalācūri) is a Sri Lankan national honour awarded "for special contributions to the development of the arts".[1] It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Kala Suri ranks lower than Vidya Nidhi.

Awardees

Awardees include:

1984
  • Arisen Ahubudu
1991
  • Thangamma Appakutty[2]
1994
  • Yolande Abeywira
1998
  • Jiffry Yoonoos[3]
  • Parakrama Kodituwakku[3]
  • Dharmasiri Bandaranayake[3]
  • G. S. B. Rani[3]
  • S. A D. D. Samarasekera[3]
  • D. V. Richard de Silva[3]
  • Jayalath Manoratne[3]
  • Tissa Abeysekera[3]
  • A. Sivanesa Selvan[3]
2005

References

  1. ^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 9781932705485.
  2. ^ Thangamma Appakutty
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Deshamanya for 14 Lankans". Sundaytimes. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "National Honours Part 2" (PDF). Government Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

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