Deshamanya Deshamanya (; ; Pride of the Nation) is the second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a civil honour. It is awarded for "''highly meritorious service''", and is conventionally used as a title or prefi ...

Hewa Komanage Dharmadasa (17 June 1920 – 10 August 2011), known as ''Navaloka Mudalali'', was a business magnate, philanthropist and chairman of the Navaloka Group of companies. It is one of the leading private sector organizations in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

. He was a philanthropist and the

Nawaloka Hospital Nawaloka Hospital, traded as Nawaloka Hospitals PLC, was established in 1985 by Deshamanya H. K. Dharmadasa. Nawaloka Hospital is one of Sri Lanka's largest private hospitals and has created a chain of hospitals across the country. It was founde ...

was his brainchild in the health sector.From rags to riches, Nawaloka Mudalali enters 90th year
Sunday Times, Retrieved on 20 June 2010.

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