Maha Ra Yame. Later, she sang several popular classical songs such as Selalihiniyo Numba Danne Na, Eye Ra Oba Sihinen, Radha Krishna and Amara Devi. Apart from that, she wrote several books such as Amara Geetha, Sarasa Sambhava, Saundarya Avabodhaya and Sambhavya Sangeethaya. In 1997, to commemorate the 55th Independence of India, the Indian Government awarded "Bharatha Mithra" to the Amara and her husband Dayarathna. From 1997 to 2001, Dayarathna and Amara became lecturers on North Indian Classical music in the Ethno Musicology Department at the California University. On 6 December 2007, a felicitation ceremony "Maha Re Yame, Dayaratna-Amara Abhinandana" was held at 6.30 p.m. at BMICH. On 17 August 2011, a CD containing new songs was released at 5 pm in the Ananda Samarakoon studio of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. On that day, Yapa Bandara Seneviratne's book "Sinhala Sangeethaye Dayaratne Ranatunga Suvipul Siyatsara" was also released. References External links මා ගැනම පොතක් ‘උදුම්බරා’ පරම්පරා තුනක් එක්තැන් කළා 1939 births Sri Lankan Buddhists 20th-century Sri Lankan women singers 2018 deaths Sri Lankan composers Sinhalese singers Banaras Hindu University alumni Performers of Hindu music Indian classical musicians