Sagara Palansuriya
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Wijeyananda Dahanayake
Sagara Palansuriya | |
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| Member of Parliament for Horana | |
| In office 1956–1960 | |
| 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 |
| Died | 22 June 1961 (aged 53) |
| Party | Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party |
| Spouse | Gladis Chandra Perera |
| Children | Keerthivijaya, Lakvijaya, Geethakumara |
| Profession | Poet, Teacher, Politician |
| Nickname(s) | Kalalelle Ananda Sagara (KAS), Kayes |
Palansuriya Mohottalalage Dingiri Mahaththaya[1] (Sinhala: පලන්සුරිය මොහොට්ටාලලාගේ ඩිංගිරි මහත්තයා, known as Sagara Palansuriya (Sinhala: සාගර පලන්සූරිය) in later life, was a Sri Lankan poet, teacher and Member of Parliament.
Palansuriya Mohottalalage Dingiri Mahaththaya was born on 11 March 1908 at Kalalella, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka.[2]
Sagara undertook his primary education at Madampagama Rural Sinhala school, going on, to then join the Sangha under the name 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 the Vidyalankara Pirivena (now the University of Kelaniya). He traveled to Shanthi Nikethana in India to continue his studies.
