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A Poruwa ceremony is a traditional Sinhalese wedding ceremony. The ceremony takes place on a "Poruwa", a beautifully decorated, traditional wooden platform. The ceremony involves a series of rituals performed by the bride and groom, and their families.
Professor Maithree Wickremesinghe ( Sinhala: මෛත්රී වික්රමසිංහ; born 11 August 1964) is the current First Lady of Sri Lanka as the wife of President Ranil Wickremesinghe. She is a Sri Lankan academic, writer, and professor of English at the University of Kelaniya. [1] She specializes in gender and women's ...
Susanthika Jayasinghe. Updated on 7 September 2021. Deshabandu Kameradin Susanthika Jayasinghe [2] ( Sinhala: සුසන්තිකා ජයසිංහ; Tamil: சுசந்திகா ஜயசிங்ஹ, born December 17, 1975) is a Sri Lankan retired sprinter, who specialised in the 100 and 200 metres. [3] [4] She won the Olympic ...
One-year-old R. Premadasa with his parents in 1925. R. Premadasa in 1930. Ranasinghe Premadasa was born on 23 June 1924 at Dias Place, Colombo 11, to the family of Richard Ranasinghe (Ranasinghe Mudalali) of Kosgoda and Battuwita Jayasinghe Arachchige Ensina Hamine of Batuwita, Horana. Premadasa was the oldest of five children, three sisters ...
Colombo, Sri Lanka. Alma mater. Indian central School. Occupation. Actress. Profession. Actress. Upeksha Swarnamali ( Sinhala: උපේක්ෂා ස්වර්ණමාලි ), popularly known as "Paba", is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema and television and a former member of the Sri Lanka Parliament. She gained popularity for her role on ...
Yashoda Wimaladharma was born on 28 October 1970 in Sri Lanka to Ravilal Wimaladharma, a Hindi language lecturer at University of Kelaniya and Mallika Wimaladharma, a former dancer and school teacher. Her sister Thusitha, now a school teacher, is seven years older than Yashoda. [3] She has a master's degree in Hindi and fluent in the language.
Pooja's father, H. R. Umashankar, is an Indian Kannada Brahmin from Sringeri, in the Chikmagalur district of Karnataka while mother, Sandhya, is a Sri Lankan Sinhalese. [1] Her father worked with Hindustan Unilever in Valparai as a manager. After she did her pre-schooling in Sri Lanka, she came to India and went to Poornapragnya in Aldur ...
Miss Sri Lanka 2013. Chulakshi Saubhagya Ranathunga ( Sinhala: චූලක්ෂි සෞභාග්යා රණතුංග) (born 13 February 1989 [3]) is a Sri Lankan actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was the winner of the Miss Sri Lanka title in 2014. [4] She represented Sri Lanka in the Miss World 2014 pageant held ...
Most Popular Actress. Kumarasinghe Arachchige Dona Chrihashni Nehara Canishia Pieris (born December 21, 1988, as නෙහාරා පීරිස්) [Sinhala]), popularly as Nehara Pieris Rajapakse, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema and television. [1] [2] Particularly active in television, she is also a singer, dancer and a TV host.
Hatharasinghege Michelle Dilhara (Sinhala: මිෂෙල් දිල්හාරා; born 1 May 1996) is a Sri Lankan actress and an Environmentalist. One of the most popular television actresses in Sri Lanka, Dilhara is best known for playing the role of "Ayoma" in the popular television series Sudu Andagena Kalu Awidin Apart from acting, she also engages in various philanthropic ...