Ajantha Ranasinghe-" suwanda denee denenewa" expires

The very popular lyrics writer and media  personality  Dr Ajantha Ranasinghe had expired this morning while he was been treated at the Colombo National hospital.

The other day he has had a fall at in residence and as a  result he had
been admitted to the National hospital Colombo for treatment.

He was 75 years old at the time of his demise.

Dr Ajantha Ranasinghe has contributed  to our arts a huge number of lyrics to songs during the past five decades. A few such lyrics are "wikasitha pem". " suwanda denee denenawa"," ran kenden", "raththran pem purane", "ninda noyana rathriye", "idda mal kathawe" and "palu susane" are some of the very popular songs to which he contributed his lyrics.

Dr Ajantha Ranasinghe had been once employed at the Lake House as a media personality. He had also authored many books and had won an awarded a literature award.

Dr Ajantha Ranasinghe's demise is a great loss to our country.