{"id":213,"date":"2019-03-28T17:42:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T17:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/sinhala\/?p=213"},"modified":"2019-06-25T04:56:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T04:56:22","slug":"75th-death-anniversary-seminar-on-munidasa-cumaratunga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/sinhala\/index.php\/75th-death-anniversary-seminar-on-munidasa-cumaratunga\/","title":{"rendered":"75th Death Anniversary Seminar on Munidasa Cumaratunga &#8211; 28th March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To commemorate the 75<sup>th<\/sup> Death Anniversary of Munidasa Cumaratunga, eminent scholar, grammarian, writer, poet and journalist of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century Sri Lanka, the Department of Sinhala organized a seminar on <strong>28<sup>th<\/sup> March 2019<\/strong> at the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Most Venerable Balangoda Sobitha Nahimi Thero \u2013 Prinicipal of the Vidyoddaya Pirivena and the Chief Sanghanayake of the Southern and Western Provinces, chaired the ceremony, and Professor Sarath Wijesooriya \u2013 Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo delivered the keynote address.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Academic presentations were delivered by Ven. Thirikunamalaye Ananda Thero, the Chief incumbent of Amarapura Dharmarakshitha Nikaya and the Chief Incumbent of Vajiraramaya, Bambalapitiya Dr. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan, Dr. M. Mahees Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Mr.\u00a0 Ganushka Randula, Visiting Lecturer, Department of English Language Teaching, University of Colombo.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-213 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/sinhala\/index.php\/75th-death-anniversary-seminar-on-munidasa-cumaratunga\/k9\/'><img width=\"780\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/sinhala\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/k9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/sinhala\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/k9.jpg 780w, https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/sinhala\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/k9-600x443.jpg 600w, https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/sinhala\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/k9-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/sinhala\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/k9-768x567.jpg 768w, https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/sinhala\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/k9-255x188.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/sinhala\/index.php\/75th-death-anniversary-seminar-on-munidasa-cumaratunga\/k1\/'><img width=\"877\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/sinhala\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/k1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" 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