සේනානායක වෙරලියද්ද
44 songs performed
Senanayake Weraliyadda (also spelled Senanayaka Weraliyadda), සේනානායක වේරලියද්ද, is a Sri Lankan singer, songwriter, and music director known for melodic Sinhala songs such as Kusa Pabawathi, Perum Puragena A Sansare, and Sagaraya Bandu Wedanawo. He works across domestic Sinhala styles, Indian classical, and pop, often writing and composing the material he sings.
Weraliyadda was born on 27 October 1959 in Dutuwewa in the Anuradhapura District. He grew up in an artistic household: his father, Lokubandara, was a traditional physician and an accomplished artist who ran a small art academy from the family home. Drawn to music from childhood, Weraliyadda was largely self-taught from around the age of six, learning under his father’s influence before developing his own voice and his playing on viola.
Active as a recording artist from around 1990, Weraliyadda built his catalogue across a run of cassette albums, including Mal Viyanena, Kanda Pirimaeda, and Athinath Gathda. His title song Mal Wiyanen Bandi and Kanda Pirimada date from this period. A career milestone came in 1997, when he won the Sumathi Award for Best Singer for his rendition of “Mal Viyana” in the television drama “Nangita Beppu.”
Among his best-known works is Kusa Pabawathi (කුස පබාවතී), set to music by Siril Perera, while Sagaraya Bandu Wedanawo carries a melody of his own. The classical-leaning Perum Puragena and its companion Perum Puragena A Sansare remain staples of his repertoire, as does Keheral Kadagena.
Weraliyadda belongs to a generation of singers who keep the melodic, lyric-led tradition of Sinhala song alive, blending devotional and classical colour with accessible pop arrangement. Because he frequently serves as his own lyricist and composer, his recordings carry a consistent voice across decades. For Sri Lankan listeners and the diaspora, songs like Kusa Pabawathi and Perum Puragena remain enduring favourites, and Lyrics-lk presents them with Sinhala script, transliteration, and English translation in one place.
Every Sinhala lyric, composition, and song credit by Senanayake Weraliyadda.