Vajiranath Lakshman De Silva

Vajiranath who received his education from Nalanda College, Colombo graduated as a Medical Doctor by obtaining MBBS degree University of Colombo's Medical Faculty and later further studied at University of London.^[1]

Whilst on a pilgrimage to Sri Pada (Sri Lanka) in 1959 by Dr Vajiranath he observed the difficulties that pilgrims faced along the trek and as a result he decided to set up the voluntary medical assistance unit to help them paving the way to establish the Saukyadana Movement of Sri Lanka being established in March 1960.

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• "Sri Lanka Saukyadana Movement - About Us". Sri Lanka Saukyadana Movement. 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.

• "Saukyadana Movement founder's funeral on Monday". topssrilanka.com. June 19, 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2012.

• "Obituaries". dailynews.lk. 2010-06-21. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
• "ඉතිහාසය" (PDF). ncba.nalanda.sch.lk.