The Home of Vernon Corea
Living at No 5 Maha Nuge Gardens from 1964 to 1975 was the pioneering and legendary Sri Lankan broadcaster Vernon Corea, who worked for the oldest radio station in South Asia, Radio Ceylon and the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. Many talented radio announcers were mentored here. Some of the brightest Sri Lankan musical talents - among them musicians Clarence Wijewardena, Annesley Malewana, Nimal Mendis and Cliff Foenander were frequently seen in Maha Nuge Gardens in the 1960s and 1970s - they became huge stars on the national and international stage. The famed actress Rukmani Devi has also visited Maha Nuge Gardens.
When Reverend Canon Ivan Corea, father of broadcaster Vernon Corea and Daily News Editor Ernest Corea died in 1968, the Governor-General of Ceylon William Gopallawa, the Prime Minister of Ceylon Dudley Senanayake and Finance Minister Junius Richard Jayewardene, paid their respects at 5 Maha Nuge Gardens. The legendary lyricist and broadcaster, Karunaratne Abeysekera was also a regular visitor.
Sri Lanka's distinguished musician, Nimal Mendis wrote:Vernon became more than the Radio Journalist to me. He was to become a friend, not only he, but his entire family. I remember the hours spent with them in their home in Maha Nuge Gardens in Kollupitiya.
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