| Kala Suri කලා සූරී கலாசூரி | |
|---|---|
Awarded by  The Government of Sri Lanka | |
| Type | Title of honor/Order of merit |
| Eligibility | Sri Lankan citizens |
| Criteria | Highly notable service to the nation in Art,cinema and music |
| Status | Currently constituted |
| Statistics | |
| First induction | 1986 |
| Last induction | 2019 |
| 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". 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
- 1991
- 1994
- 1998
- Jiffry Yoonoos
- Parakrama Kodituwakku
- Dharmasiri Bandaranayake
- G. S. B. Rani
- S. A D. D. Samarasekera
- D. V. Richard de Silva
- Jayalath Manoratne
- Tissa Abeysekera
- A. Sivanesa Selvan
- 2005
- Anne Ranasinghe
- Anoma Rajakaruna
- Barbara Sansoni Lewcock
- Chandraguptha Thenuwara
- Channa Wijewardena
- Chitra Ranawake
- Dulip Gabada Mudalige
- Edward Jayakody
- H. A. Perera
- Harsh Makalanda
- Inoka Sathyangani Keerthinanda
- Jagath Weerasinghe
- Janadasa Peiris
- Latha Walpola
- M. A. Nuhuman
- Muhanned Mohideen Abdul Cader
- Nelum Harasgama Nadaraja
- Oosha Saravanamuttu
- Parakrama Niriella
- Pradeep Chandrasiri
- Pushpakumara Kandegedara
- R. Rushankan
- Rajini Selvanayagam
- Rohana Baddage
- Rohanadeva Perera
- Subramanium Vilvaratnam
- Sarath Chandrajeewa
- Somaratne Dissanayake
- Stanley Omar
- Sumathy Sivamohan
- T. Shanathanan
- Udaya Shantha Fernando
References
- Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 9781932705485.
- Thangamma Appakutty
- ^ "Deshamanya for 14 Lankans". Sundaytimes. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "National Honours Part 2" (PDF). Government Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
External links
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