Kala Suri

Kala Suri
කලා සූරී
கலாசூரி
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)

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.

Awardees[]

Awardees include:

1984

Arisen Ahubudu

1991

Thangamma Appakutty^[2]

1994

1998

2005

References[]

^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 9781932705485.
^ Thangamma Appakutty
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Deshamanya for 14 Lankans". Sundaytimes. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^ ^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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[Gunawardena-1] Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 9781932705485.

[2] Thangamma Appakutty

[1998_list-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Deshamanya for 14 Lankans". Sundaytimes. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

[2005_list_part2-4] ^ ^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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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)