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hQtpR sAs~k^wQk shk`r a{&k;
අති දක්ෂ චිත්ර ශිල්පියකු මෙන්ම අප කාගේත් ගෞරවාදරයට පාත්ර වූ කෘතහස්ත ගායන ශිල්පියකුද වූ සුසිල් ප්රේමරත්නයන් පෙරේදා (10) අභාවප්රාප්ත විය. එතුමන් සමග (2005 ජනවාරි මස 28 වෙනිදා පළවූ) අප එදා පැවැත්වූ පිළිසඳර මේ සමග යළි පළකරනුයේ මේ ශ්රේෂ්ඨ කලාකරුවාට ගෞරව පිණිසය.
