Popular Culture
The University of Peradeniya holds a central position in classical university education, which has made it the setting for many dramas, films, songs, poems, novels and other cultural works in Sri Lanka. Songs like "Hanthanata paayana sanda..." by Amarasiri Peiris, "Hanthane kandu muduna sisara..." by W. D. Amaradeva, "Hanthana adaviye meduru kulunu sudu sandaluthalaa pisa..." by Nanda Malini, "Mé nagaraya maa oba munagasunu nagarayayi..." by Mervin Perera, "Hanthane raja dahane...", "Nethu saluna...", "Hantana Desin ena..." are only a few or them. Movies like Gamini Fonseka's "Saagarayak Meda" and Sugathapala Senarath Yapa's Hanthane Kathawa are also directly based on University of Peradeniya. UoP is also featured in the novels; Siri Gunasinghe's "Sevanella" and Gunadasa Amarasekara's "Ek Sathya Kathawak" . Groundbreaking dramas like Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra's Maname (1957) and Sinhabahu (1960), were first directed and played there. In Sarachchandra's novel "Heta Echchara Kaluvara Nae", an entire chapter is dedicated to describe the beauty of the university.
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