Sagara Palansuriya
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Honourable Sagara Palansuriya MP |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Horana |
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In office 1956–1960 |
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| Prime Minister |
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Wijeyananda Dahanayake |
| Preceded by | M. D. H. Jayawardena |
| Succeeded by | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Palansuriya Mohottalalage Dingiri Mahaththaya 11 March 1908 Kalalella, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka |
| Died | June 22, 1961 (aged 53) |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party |
| Spouse(s) | Gladis Chandra Perera |
| Children | Keerthivijaya, Lakvijaya, Geethakumara |
| Profession | poet, teacher, politician |
Palansuriya Mohottalalage Dingiri Mahaththaya (Sinhalese: පලන්සුරිය මොහොට්ටාලලාගේ ඩිංගිරි මහත්තයා) or Kalalelle Ananda Sagara (KAS / Kayes) (Sinhalese: කළල්ඇල්ලේ ආනන්ද සාගර (කේයස්)) or Sagara Palansuriya (Sinhalese: සාගර පලන්සූරිය) as he was known in his late life, was a poet, teacher and a member of parliament.
Palansuriya Mohottalalage Dingiri Mahaththaya was born on 11 March 1908 at Kalalella, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka.
Mahaththaya undertook his primary education at Madampagama Rural Sinhala school and then did renunciation to the Buddha Shasana as a Buddhist monk named Ven. Kalalelle Pemananda. Under the tutelage of Ven. Ethoya Penanissa thero he was educated in the Sinhalese language, Literature, Sociology, Culture and Politics, in addition to learning several eastern languages as a scholar of Vidyalankara Pirivena (now known as University of Kelaniya). Mahaththaya travelled to Shanthi Nikethana in India where he continued his studies. Following the stint at Shanthi Nikethana, the poet KAS set to cope with the synchronous mature poets of Colombo Era such as Ananda Rajakaruna, Rev S. Mahinda and G H Perera.
In his second term of priestliness under the name of Ven. Kalalelle Ananda Sagara or pseudonym KAS (Kayes), he continued his career as a teacher and promoted his style of Poesy compiling verses such as Kalakanniya, Kelani Withthi, Paddiyavatiya, Mal Hamy and Visirinu Tharu. KAS reached his highest turning point of life compiling Sudo Sudu, the KAS Markup Script and became a well recognized leading literary figure of the country. Sudo Sudu (Sinhalese: සුදෝ සුදු )(Darling my Brighty), the master piece of his major work is said to be one of the highest range interested and well received by every layer of the society in Colombo.
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