Radala refers to a small minority group in Sri Lanka in the former provinces of the Kingdom of Kandy, who are either descendants of chiefs and courtiers...
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Minority: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism Related ethnic groups Other Dravidian peoples: Kannadigas Chenchus Tamils Tuluvas Kodavas Malayalis Gonds Radala...
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the females of this caste performs vital role in the puberty rituals of Radala and Govigama people in some areas of Sri Lanka. They called "Redi nanda"...
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and made award-winning appearances in the films such as Warada Kageda, Radala Piliruwa, Duppathage Duka, Dosthara and Pirimiyek Nisa. In the period between...
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Province. It used to be the home of the Angunawala Walauwa and the prominent Radala members of the Angunawala Family hailing from the Kandyan Kingdom. List...
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social group called the Sri Lankan Mudaliyars and associated with older Radala caste. At present, the post of Court Mudliar remain in function in Sri Lankan...
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walauwa were traditionally associated with the homes of the courtiers (radala), members of the royal court in Kandy. It was displaced by their colonial...
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monks from Thailand. This Nikaya only allows higher ordination from the Radala and Govigama castes. They maintain the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy. Amarapura-Rāmañña...
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Summit Conference of Non-Aligned Countries. Ratwatte was born to a prominent Radala family, who were descended from Ratwatte Dissawa, Dissawa of Matale, a signatory...
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Special Jury Award at 18th International Dhaka Film Festival. Stripped of her Radala cast and forcibly married to an outcast by the monarch, a woman fights to...
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which made the Kandyan Kingdom part of the British Empire. He was born to a Radala family of courtiers, his father Ratwatte Loku Nilame Adigar, mother Meegastenne...
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Mahatmaya, a native headman, of Balangoda. Her father was a member of the Radala Ratwatte family, chieftains of the Kingdom of Kandy. Her paternal ancestry...
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India, which led to the emergence of new Sinhalese caste groups such as the Radala, the Salagama, the Durava and the Karava. The Aryachakaravarthi dynasty...
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1817–1818 Uva-Wellassa Rebellion United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Radala collaborators Kingdom of Kandy rebels Rebellion suppressed 1820 The Revolutions...
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Supreme Court of Ceylon and Public Trustee. Ratwatte was born to a prominent Radala family, who were descended from Ratwatte Dissawa, Dissawa of Matale, a signatory...
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Great Rebellion of 1817–18, and was exiled to Mauritius. He was born to a Radala family of courtiers who came from the village of Ehelepola, and was educated...
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Convention was signed between the British and the Kandyian Chieftains (Radalas) ending the Kingdom of Kandy. The Memorial Hall was featured as a pit stop...
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Sinhalese Buddhist faith, the Bandāra deviyō are a group of guardian deities. Radala Sri Lankan titles Ekanâyaka 1876, p. 298. Lurker, Manfred (1987). The Routledge...
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Govigama caste has several endogamous sub divisions which include the Radalas (Kandyan aristocracy), Rate atto (husbandmen), Patti (shepherds), Katupulle...
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Adigar, a member of the State Council of Ceylon, who hailed from a prominent Radala family from the Kingdom of Kandy. Educated at Royal College Colombo, Ratwatte...
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prime minister in the world. Born to the Ratwatte family, which was an old Radala family hailing from the Kingdom of Kandy, who were courtiers in the courts...
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Nugawela Kumarihamy; Nita Nugawela Kumarihamy; Pearl Nugawela Kumarihamy. Radala Diyawadana Nilame, Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy "Our educationists". Sunday...
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friend Nadesan. After that in the same year, he agreed to produce the novel "Radala Piliruwa" by W. A. Silva into a film after Ilangaratne's proposal. Eventually...
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travelling in hit a land mine in the island of Kayts. He was born in Kandy to a Radala family. His father was Loku Bandara Kobbekaduwa and mother was Lona Ratwatte...
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best performances in the films came through the roles 'Raphael Baas' in Radala Piliruwa, 'Baladeva' in Duppathage Duka, 'Suramba' in Suraya, 'Walhamu'...
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known as the Kandyan Convention was signed between the British and the Radalas (Kandyan aristocrats). The treaty was not signed by the deposed King but...
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and succeeded in restricting the Nikaya's higher ordination only to the Radala and Govigama caste, Sitinamaluwe Dhammajoti (Durawa) being the last non-Govigama...
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were concubines of royal blood and Yakadadoli who were primarily from the Radala caste. Children of both Randoli and Yakadadoli were disqualified from kingship...
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walauwa were traditionally associated with the homes of the courtiers (radala), members of the royal court in Kandy. It was displaced by their colonial...
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1997 at aged 29. Nalanda Sampath Ellawala was born 26 March 1967, to the Radala Ellawala family from Ratnapura. His family was active in the Sri Lanka Freedom...
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