January 26, 2008

ANAGARIKA DARMAPALA OUR GRED TEST NATLONAL HERO

The wife of Hewavitharanage Don Carolis, a wealthy businessman, delvered a son on Sunday, 17th of Spetember 1864. The new born child was named David Dharmapala. It was the vogue those days of the high class Sinhalese families to name their children by Christian names instead of using pleasant local names.
This child who was brought [...]

January 26, 2008

MADDUMA BANDARA

Madduma Bandara is the name of one of our national heroes. He is a child hero. He lived during the reign of Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe, the last king of Ceylon. His father was one of [...]