Karunarathna Divulgane (born Herath Mudiyanselage Karunarathna) is a popular and renowned

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n vocalist, and served as the Governor of the North Central Province between 2006 and 2015. He was born to a farming family who had been living for generations in Divulgane, a small village in the

Kurunegala District Kurunegala is a district in North Western Province, Sri Lanka. Consists of and consists 30 Divisional Secretariats, 1610 Grama Niladari Divisions and 4476 total Villages. It consists of 14 Electorate Divisions, 02 Municipal Council, 19 Urban C ...

. In 1980 he was hired by the Rajarata Sevaya radio station. In 1982 he had passed an examination at the radio station and selected as a singer in the "Rajarata Sevaya". It was around this time that he took the name "Divulgane". In 1990 he released his first album ''Esata Asuwana Maime'', was success and quickly became one of the most sought artist in the country. ''Esata Asuwana Maime'' was followed by a second album, ''Nethata Ulelak'' (A Festival for the Eyes) around 1994. His third album, ''Nil Diyawara'' (Blue Waters) was released in 1998 followed by ''Sanhinda Pamula'' in 2001. He has since release two further albums ''Tharu Eliya Dige'' and ''May Sihina Hari Pudumai''. Karunarathna Divulgane In 2006

Divulgane served as the 7th Governor of the North Central Province of Sri Lanka between 13 November 2006 and 27 January 2015.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Divulgane, Karunarathna Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Sri Lankan male singers Governors of North Central Province, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Buddhists Sinhalese singers