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The Kala Suri ( si, කලා සූරී; ta, கலாசூரி, translit=Kalācūri) is a
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 national honour awarded "''for special contributions to the development of the arts''". It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Kala Suri ranks lower than
Vidya Nidhi The Vidya Nidhi ( si, විද්‍යා නිධි) is a Sri Lankan national honour awarded "''for meritorious scientific and technological achievements''". It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Vidya Nidhi ran ...
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Awardees

Awardees include: ;1984 *
Arisen Ahubudu Kalasuri Arisen Ahubudu ( Sinhala: අරිසෙන් අහුබුදු; 18 March 1920 – 26 May 2011) was a Sri Lankan writer, orator, scholar, playwright, teacher (Guru), Sinhala lyricist, author and poet. He is a member of the Hela Ha ...
;1991 * Thangamma AppakuttyThangamma Appakutty
/ref> ;1994 * Yolande Abeywira ;1998 * Jiffry Yoonoos * Parakrama Kodituwakku *
Dharmasiri Bandaranayake Dr. Dharmasiri Bandaranayake (born 06th of October 1949) is a Sri Lankan film director and playwright. Particularly work as a playwright, Bandaranayake is an artist who attempts to connect the sociopolitical environment with the civil society ...
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G. S. B. Rani Kala Suri Gnai Seenar Bangsajayah, (born 18 October 1934 – died 7 September 2004 as :si:ජී. ඇස්. බී. රාණි, ජී. ඇස්. බී. රාණි), popularly known as G. S. B. Rani, was a Sri Lankan actress in Cinema of ...
* S. A D. D. Samarasekera * D. V. Richard de Silva *
Jayalath Manoratne Kala Suri Kala Keerthi Dr. Keselgaspe Manatunga Jayalath Manoratne ( si, කෙසෙල්ගස්පේ මනතුංග ජයලත් මනෝරත්න; 12 June 1948 – 12 January 2020), popularly known as Jayalath Manoratne, was ...
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Tissa Abeysekera Deshanabu Tissa Ananda Abeysekara (7 May 1939 – 18 April 2009 as තිස්ස අබේසේකර) was a Sri Lankan filmmaker, actor, writer, director, screen playwright and political activist. He is better known as a script writer for th ...
* A. Sivanesa Selvan ;2005 * Ann Ranasinghe * Anoma Rajakaruna * Barbara Sansoni Lewcock * Chandraguptha Thenuwara * Channa Wijewardena * Chitra Ranawake * Dulip Gabada Mudalige *
Edward Jayakody Jayakody Arachchige Don Edward Timothy Jayakody ( Sinhala:එඩ්වඩ් ජයකොඩි: born 6 April 1952), popularly as Edward Jayakody, is a Sri Lankan musician, singer and composer. Jayakody has directed the music for hundreds of Sinha ...
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H. A. Perera Habarakadage Alosius Perera (10 May 1950 – 4 February 2010 as එච්. ඒ. පෙරේරා), popularly as H. A. Perera, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre, and television. He is considered one of five actors who have dominated t ...
* Harsh Makalanda * Inoka Sathyangani Keerthinanda * Jagath Weerasinghe * Janadasa Peiris *
Latha Walpola Deshamanya Matharage Rita Genevieve Fernando, better known by her stage name Latha Walpola ( si, ලතා වල්පොල), is a prominent Sri Lankan vocal artist. It was during when Walpola was a member of a church choir, that she began a ...
* M. A. Nuhuman * Muhanned Nohideen Abdul Cader * Nelum Harasgama Nadaraja * Oosha Saravanamuttu *
Parakrama Niriella Krishanadasa Narayana Bandaranayaka Brahmachari Mudiyanselage Parakrama Bandara Niriella ( පරාක්‍රම නිරිඇල්ල; born 18 April), popularly as Parakrama Niriella, is a Sri Lankan director in Sri Lankan cinema, theater ...
* Pradeep Chandrasiri * Pushpakumara Kandegedara * R. Rushankan * Rajini Selvanayagam * Rohana Baddage * Rohanadeva Perera * Subramanium Vilvaratnam * Sarath Chandrajeewa *
Somaratne Dissanayake Somaratne Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan film director, Screenwriter and Producer. He is the Chairman of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and the president of the Film Makers Guild of Sri Lanka (FMG). He won the Peace prize of Chicago Internation ...
* Stanley Omar * Sumathy Sivamohan * T. Shanathanan * Udaya Shantha Fernando


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Civil awards and decorations of Sri Lanka {{SriLanka-stub