Mr . Harsha Wickramathunga

I’m Harsha Wickramathunga was born on the 20th  of January  1981 into Darmasena Wickramathunga and Banduwathi Walpita as their elder child. My  Father was a professional manager and my mother was a teacher. I have only one brother and he is a professional artist. My dance teacher is Mahinda Gunasiri Walpita, a veteran low country dancer and drummer, based on the traditional heritage of my mother and father, Uduwa Walpitage Ransasundara was the founder of my talent at the age of years 10. My home town is Horana and married to N.G.Kahawalage a development officer.

I got my primary education at Uduwa primary college and secondary education a Sripalee College Horana. I was fond of dancing by little age and my ambition was to get a university education in dancing. I got university entrance at the A/L examination in 1999 by fulfilling my target successfully. I was lucky to enter the university of visual and performing arts, Colombo in 2004 and became a graduate with 4 years of a second upper-class special degree based on Low Country Dance & Drumming in 2008.

I became a Low Country assistant accompanist at the university of visual and performing arts in 2008 as the first step in my professional life. Then I completed my MPA Degree in the 2018 University of Visual and Performing Arts Postgraduate unit. My first academic appointment as a demonstrator at the Indian and Asian Department of the University of Visual and Performing Arts. Currently, I am working as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of the Low Country Dance of the University of Visual and Performing Arts. 

I contributed to different tasks both at national and international levels and my next expectation is to follow Ph.D. near further.

Research Interests:

Low country dram and dance

Publications:

Research paper

• 2011- මහාචාර්ය ජයසේන කෝට්ටේගොඩ අභිනන්දන – මොරටු යකුන් පිදීම හෙවත් මොරටු දෙවියන් පිදීම.
• 2012-2013 -annual research symposium full parper -deshiya shaanthikarmaynhi hagla baavthayehi weshahatha
• 2012 – නර්තන ගවේෂී – රයිගම් කෝරළයේ පාරම්පරික යකැදුරන් පිළිබඳ කෙටි විමසුමක්.
• 2015 – නර්තන ගවේෂී – ගෘහස්ත කර්මාන්තයක් ජන නැටුමක් බවට පත්වීමේ ප්‍රවණතා.
• 2018 -imagira situmina – olboduwa graamaya haa badi wesmuhunu kalaawa
• 2019- panhidaka asiriya- rigam koralaye sanna yakuma
• 2019- sangeethaathma – sanna yakum yaaghehi anthargatha gaayan a shaliye visheshathaa”
• 2022 – ස්ජාවාධීනත්වය සහ ජාතිකත්වය කරා ගමන් මගේ පිය සටහන් – ජාතිකත්වය, දේහීය අනන්‍යතාව පිළිබිඹු කිරීමෙහිලා පාදක වූ සංගීත පර්යේෂණ.
• 2022 – උතුරු කලාගම් කෝරළයෙහි පත්තිනි මඩුව හෙවත් නාග පත්තිනි මඩු ශාන්තිකරමයෙහි සුවිශේෂිතා.
• පහතරට රයිගම් කෝලම් සම්ප්‍රදාය – රයිගම් කෝරළයෙහි කෝලම් කුට්ටම්.

Awards:

• As a drummer, the awarding ceremony of the Pooja narthana Samadhi concert held in Dubai by Mr. Meshan Dissanayake dancing acadermy is an award and honours(2017.11.27)
• Participated as a drummer, 18 sanni shanthikarma in the Bentara Tradition at Panadura Indrarama Viharaya is an award and honours (2012.01.21)
• Recived the wishvabhi Nandana award of Western Provincial Council by the provincial arts ministry (best drummer) (2016.12.27)
• Participated as a drummer, 18 sanni shanthikarma in the Bentara Tradition Conducted at the Panchamaha Diwya Mandiraya at Panadura is an award and honours(2016.05.20)
• I was felicitated for the traditional dancing service at the “”Nathatanabhi wandana”” Ceremony organized by the Horana Divisional Secretariat.(2017.09.17)