The Kala Suri ( si, කලා සූරී; ta, கலாசூரி, translit=Kalācūri) is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n national honour awarded "''for special contributions to the development of the arts''". It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Kala Suri ranks lower than

Vidya Nidhi The Vidya Nidhi ( si, විද්‍යා නිධි) is a Sri Lankan national honour awarded "''for meritorious scientific and technological achievements''". It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Vidya Nidhi ran ...

Awardees

Awardees include: ;1984 *

Arisen Ahubudu Kalasuri Arisen Ahubudu ( Sinhala: අරිසෙන් අහුබුදු; 18 March 1920 – 26 May 2011) was a Sri Lankan writer, orator, scholar, playwright, teacher (Guru), Sinhala lyricist, author and poet. He is a member of the Hela Ha ...

;1991 *

Thangamma Appakutty Kala Suri Thangamma Appakutty (7 January 1925 – 15 June 2008) was a Sri Lankan philanthropist, veteran religious personality, educator and social activist. She is recognised for her notable works on Saivism and was regarded as one of the ...

Thangamma Appakutty
/ref> ;1994 * Yolande Abeywira ;1998 * Jiffry Yoonoos *

Parakrama Kodituwakku Kala Suri Parakrama Kodituwakku, is a notable Sinhala poet. After the revival and experimentations of Sinhala poetry during the 1950s and 1960s, the 1970s were marked by the rise of several young poets including Parakrama Kodituwakku, Monica Ruwa ...

Dharmasiri Bandaranayake Dr. Dharmasiri Bandaranayake (born 06th of October 1949) is a Sri Lankan film director and playwright. Particularly work as a playwright, Bandaranayake is an artist who attempts to connect the sociopolitical environment with the civil society thr ...

* G. S. B. Rani * S. A D. D. Samarasekera * D. V. Richard de Silva *

Jayalath Manoratne Kala Suri Kala Keerthi Dr. Keselgaspe Manatunga Jayalath Manoratne ( si, කෙසෙල්ගස්පේ මනතුංග ජයලත් මනෝරත්න; 12 June 1948 – 12 January 2020), popularly known as Jayalath Manoratne, was ...

Tissa Abeysekera Deshanabu Tissa Ananda Abeysekara (7 May 1939 – 18 April 2009 as තිස්ස අබේසේකර) was a Sri Lankan filmmaker, actor, writer, director, screen playwright and political activist. He is better known as a script writer for th ...

A. Sivanesa Selvan A is the first letter of the Latin and English alphabet. A may also refer to: Science and technology Quantities and units * ''a'', a measure for the attraction between particles in the Van der Waals equation * ''A'' value, a measure o ...

;2005 *

Ann Ranasinghe Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...

Anoma Rajakaruna ''Anoma'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Urocoptidae. The species of this genus are found in America. Species Species: *''Anoma adamsi'' *''Anoma alboanfractus'' *''Anoma dohrniana'' *''Anoma flexuosa'' *''Anoma fuscolab ...

* Barbara Sansoni Lewcock * Chandraguptha Thenuwara * Channa Wijewardena *

Chitra Ranawake Chitra may refer to: Art * Chitra (art), a historic art that includes paintings, sketching with or without multiple colors People * Chithra, Indian playback singer * Chitra (actress), Indian film actress * V. J. Chitra, Indian television actress ...

* Dulip Gabada Mudalige *

Edward Jayakody Jayakody Arachchige Don Edward Timothy Jayakody ( Sinhala:එඩ්වඩ් ජයකොඩි: born 6 April 1952), popularly as Edward Jayakody, is a Sri Lankan musician, singer and composer. Jayakody has directed the music for hundreds of Sinha ...

* H. A. Perera *

Harsh Makalanda Harsh may refer to: Places * Harsh, Sikar, village in Rajasthan, India People with the given name * Harsh Chitale, an Indian businessman * Harsh Mander (born 1955), an Indian civil rights activist * Harsh Mankad (born 1979), an Indian tennis pl ...

Inoka Sathyangani Keerthinanda Inoka Sathyangani Keerthinanda is an internationally acclaimed Sri Lankan film director, producer and former Chairperson of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation. In 2002 she received critical acclaim for her maiden effort ''Sulang Kirilli'', which ...

Jagath Weerasinghe Jagath Weerasinghe ( si, ජගත් වීරසිංහ; born 1954) is a Sri Lankan contemporary artist and archeologist. Weerasinghe has been a significant driving force in the development of Sri Lankan art since the early 1990s. He is Dire ...

* Janadasa Peiris *

Latha Walpola Deshamanya Matharage Rita Genevieve Fernando, better known by her stage name Latha Walpola ( si, ලතා වල්පොල), is a prominent Sri Lankan vocal artist. It was during when Walpola was a member of a church choir, that she began a ...

* M. A. Nuhuman * Muhanned Nohideen Abdul Cader *

Nelum Harasgama Nadaraja Neelam or Neelum may refer to: Places * Neelum River, India and Pakistan * Neelam District, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan * Neelam (village), Azad Kashmir, Pakistan Other uses * ''Neelam'' (film), 2013 Tamil drama film * Neelam (given name), including ...

* Oosha Saravanamuttu *

Parakrama Niriella Krishanadasa Narayana Bandaranayaka Brahmachari Mudiyanselage Parakrama Bandara Niriella ( පරාක්‍රම නිරිඇල්ල; born 18 April), popularly as Parakrama Niriella, is a Sri Lankan director in Sri Lankan cinema, theater ...

* Pradeep Chandrasiri * Pushpakumara Kandegedara * R. Rushankan *

Rajini Selvanayagam Kalasuri Rajini Selvanayagam (1951/1952 – 20 October 2023) was a veteran Sri Lankan traditional dancer. She was popularly dubbed as the Queen of Dance. Biography She was born and raised in Balangoda. Career She founded her own dance ...

* Rohana Baddage * Rohanadeva Perera * Subramanium Vilvaratnam * Sarath Chandrajeewa *

Somaratne Dissanayake , native_name_lang = sinhala , pronunciation = sōmaratna disānāyaka , birth_name = , birth_date = , birth_place = Giriulla , baptised = , nationality =Sri Lankan , other_names = Soma (Nickname) , siglum = , citizenship = , ...

* Stanley Omar *

Sumathy Sivamohan Sumati or Sumathi may refer to: * Sumathi (actress) (born 1964), popular Tamil actress * Sumati Kshetramade (1913–1997), Indian Marathi writer * Sumati Morarjee (1909–1998), Indian shipowner * Sumathi Murthy, Indian vocalist, composer, and acti ...

T. Shanathanan T is the twentieth letter of the Latin alphabet. (For the same letterform in the Cyrillic and Greek alphabets, see Te and Tau respectively). T may also refer to: Codes and units * T, Tera- as in one trillion * T, the symbol for "True" in lo ...

Udaya Shantha Fernando Udaya may refer to * Udaya Pictures, a movie company in Kerala. * Udaya TV, a Kannada-language television channel * Udaya Manikya, a 16th-century king of Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state ...

References

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