Kala Suri

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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

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Awardees include:

1984
1991
1994
1998
2005

References

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  1. ^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 9781932705485.
  2. ^ Thangamma Appakutty
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Deshamanya for 14 Lankans". Sundaytimes. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "National Honours Part 2" (PDF). Government Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
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