Kala Keerthi
The Kala Keerthi is a Sri Lankan national honour awarded "for extraordinary achievements and contributions in arts, culture and drama".[1] It is the highest national honour for arts, culture and drama in Sri Lanka. It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Kala Keerthi ranks lower than Vidya Jyothi.
Awardees
Awardees include:
- 1998
- Premasiri Kemadasa[2]
- Irangani Serasinghe[2]
- Reggie Siriwardene[2]
- Dharmasiri Jayakody[2]
- Nalini Jayasuriya[2]
- 2005
- A. J. Canagarathnam[3]
- A. Jesurasa[3]
- A. Sivananthan[3]
- Asoka Handagama[3]
- Bharahmasri Sarveswara Sarma[3]
- Carl Muller[3]
- Dharmasena Pathiraja[3]
- Dharmasiri Bandaranayake[3]
- Enid Anula Aluvihare De Silva[3]
- Gamini Kalyanadarsha Haththotuwegama[3]
- Geetha Kumarasinghe[3]
- Gnarathan[3]
- Henry Jayasena[3]
- Jackson Anthony[3]
- Jayalath Manoratne[4]
- Karthigesu Sivathamby[4]
- Kulanthai M. shunmugalingam[4]
- Latha Walpola[4]
- M. Kanakasabai[4]
- Malini Fonseka[4]
- Monica Ruwanpathirana (Posthumous)[4]
- Olga De Livera[4]
- T. B. Richard M. Don Gabriel[4]
- Pandithar Sachchithanantham[4]
- Prasanna Vithanage[4]
- Roahana Weerasinghe[4]
- S. Maunaguru[4]
- S. Pani Bharatha (Posthumous)[4]
- Sanath Gunathilake[4]
- Sanath Nandasiri[4]
- Santhini Sevanesan[4]
- Shyam Selvadurai[4]
- Sybil Wettasinghe[4]
- Simon Nawagaththegama (Posthumous)[4]
- Somalatha Subasinghe[4]
- Sri Jayana Rajapakse[4]
- Sumithra Peiris[4]
- Swarna Mallawarachchi[4]
- Tilak Abeysinghe[4]
- Tissa Ranasinghe[4]
- Vimukthi Jayasundara[4]
- Wasantha Obeysekera[4]
See also
References
- ^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254.
- ^ a b c d e "Deshamanya for 14 Lankans". Sundaytimes. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "National Honours Part 1" (PDF). Government Press. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ 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 "National Honours Part 2" (PDF). Government Press. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
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