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Pandith Amaradewa was born in 05th of December in 1927. He is one of the great classical singers in Sri Lanka. But his real name was Wannakuwatta Mitiwaduge Don Albert Perera. Later he adopted the name Amaradewa. Pandit Amaradeva has been the receiver of several prizes such as the Filipino Ramon Magsaysay Prize (2001), Native indian Padma Sri Prize and Sri Lankan "President's Prize of Kala Keerthi" (1986) and Deshamanya Prize (1998). In 2003 the France govt granted him the famous honour, Chevalier.
Today we show you a video of Gypsis Sunil Perera's song singing with the voice of this great singer Amaradeva. You can watch it on the second page.
This person has a very special talent of singing others songs by their own voice. He imitates other famous singers also such as Priya Sooriyasena, Chandala Liyanarachchi, joli Seeya and Deepal Silva.