Career
His work Siddhanta Sekharaya of 700 pages was printed at the Government Press in 1897. He established Saugathodaya Vidyalaya at Rankoth Viharaya in Panadura. He was in his eighty-second year and had led a life of remarkable usefulness.
Born in Weligama, he came of one of the oldest and most respected families of the southern provinces.
His father intended him to follow the medical profession but a serious illness compelled him to relinquish the plan, while the suffering he experienced at the time led him to abandon wealth and ease and give his life to the service of humanity. Reports of the impressive ceremonies at his cremation state variously.
Sri Sumangala College,Panadura
Sri Sumangala Girls College,Panadura
Sri Sumangala Boys College, Weligama
Sri Sumangala Girls College,Weligama.
