Maha Gandharva of the Hela Dr. Pandith W. D. Amaradeva

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Maha Gandharva of the Hela Dr. Pandith W.  D.  Amaradeva

Dr. Pandith W., who is known as the Great Gandharva of the Hela. D. Amaradeva Shureen has passed away.

Amaradeva Shureen was admitted to the Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital due to a sudden heart attack (Nov. 3) and passed away while receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit. He was 88 years old at the time of his death.


W. D. Amaradeva is a respected artist who nurtured the field of Sinhala music with North Indian Ragadhari music.


Born in Moratuwa on December 5, 1927, Don Albert Perera, a short-lived carpenter from Wanakkuwatta, is best known in Sri Lanka as the famous singer and musician by his given name Amaradeva. Combining classical instruments such as the sitar, tabla and harmonium, he contributes Sinhala folk music and Bharatha folk music to his subject.


Amaradeva was the youngest of a family of six children, born to Don Ginoris Perera and Maggie Weslina Mendis.

As a child, Amaradeva received his musical inspiration from his father. His elder brother was also an Indian classical music teacher.


Amaradeva was educated at the Sri Saddharmodaya Mixed School. He received his secondary education from Sri Sumangala Vidyalaya, Panadura. He then entered Kalutara Vidyalaya and Balapitiya Siddhartha Vidyalaya.

During the filming of 'Ashokamala', the music director of the film, Mohamed Gauss Master, approached Amaradeva as the lead violinist in his band.



He received the name 'Amaradeva' from Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra. Educated at the Batkhande Faculty of Music in Lucknow, Amaradeva later returned to Sri Lanka to work with the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.

Poetic dramas composed by Amaradeva include music such as 'Karadiya', 'Naladamayanthi', films (Ran Muthu Duwa, Gampereliya, Ran Salu, Delowak Atare, Gatavarayo, Rena Girawu, Thunman Junction etc.), Nurthi (Wessanthara) as well as radio. And thousands of songs sung for TV shows and a large number of musical compositions composed for others.


Amaradeva Shurin has won numerous awards, including the Philippine Ramon Magsaysay Award (2001), the Indian Padma Shri Award, the Sri Lankan Artistic Presidential Award (1986), and the Deshamanya Award (1998).


In 1972, at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, he contributed to the composition of the melody for the Maldivian national anthem "Gawmi Salam", and also promoted Sri Lankan identity internationally.



!!! ... Suvahasak Jani fills the people with joy through their vocal creations and wishes you Nirvana ... !!!

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