Doctor Vajiranath Lakshman De Silva is the founder of of Sri Lanka.
Education
Vajiranath who received his education from Nalanda College, Colombo graduated as a Medical Doctor by obtaining Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree University of Colombo"s Medical Faculty and later further studied at University of London.
Career
Whilst on a pilgrimage to Sri Pada (Sri Lanka) in 1959 by Doctor Vajiranath he observed the difficulties that pilgrims faced along the trek and as a result he decided to set up the voluntary medical assistance unit to help them paving the way to establish the of Sri Lanka being established in March 1960.