Kala Suri


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".[1] It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Kala Suri ranks lower than Vidya Nidhi.

Kala Suri
කලා සූරී
கலாசூரி
Awarded by

The Government of Sri Lanka
TypeTitle of honor/Order of merit
EligibilitySri Lankan citizens
CriteriaHighly notable service to the nation in Art,cinema and music
StatusCurrently constituted
Statistics
First induction1986
Last induction2019
Precedence
Next (higher)Kala Keerithi

Awardees

Awardees include:

1984
1991
1994
  • Yolande Abeywira
1998
2005
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References

  1. Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254.
  2. Thangamma Appakutty
  3. "Deshamanya for 14 Lankans". Sundaytimes. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  4. "National Honours Part 2" (PDF). Government Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
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