we era ▁Sar ach ch andra . ▁Man or at ne ▁completed ▁his ▁master ' s ▁degree ▁from ▁University ▁of ▁Sri ▁Jay ew arden ep ura , ▁also ▁obtain ing ▁a ▁Ph D . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁post grad uate ▁to ▁obtain ▁a ▁First ▁Class ▁D eg ree ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁he ▁accepted ▁an ▁honor ary ▁Doctor ate ▁( D . ▁L itt ) ▁from ▁University ▁of ▁Per aden i ya . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁he ▁completed ▁an ▁external ▁di pl oma ▁in ▁R ural ▁Development ▁from ▁University ▁of ▁Col om bo . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁married ▁to ▁Tam ara ▁Jay anth i ▁since ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁to ▁his ▁death . ▁The ▁couple ▁has ▁one ▁daughter , ▁U th p ala ▁Ind e ew ari ▁and ▁one ▁son , ▁B han uka ▁P rab ud d ha . ▁U th p ala ▁is ▁married ▁to ▁Sh iv anka ▁Per era ▁and ▁B han uka ▁is ▁married ▁to ▁Hir anya ▁D ul ash ini ▁G ama ari ya . ▁ ▁Stage ▁drama ▁career ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁Man or at ne ▁started ▁acting ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁school ▁student , ▁making ▁his ▁acting ▁debut ▁in ▁the ▁stage ▁drama ▁As pha ▁G ud ung , ▁which ▁was ▁selected ▁for ▁the ▁final s ▁of ▁the ▁annual ▁provincial ▁inter - school ▁drama ▁competition ▁and ▁won ▁the ▁Cert ificate ▁of ▁Ex cell ence ▁in ▁Performance ▁at ▁the ▁All