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Samudragiri Walawwe- Our ancestral home

 

At Horagolla in 1942

With F R Dias, Gandmother Alex and Great Grand Dad Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike

Front row- Mother Rukie, Uncle Lankasa (tootie), Aunt May de Livera

 

Family Photo 2005

Standing from L/R Lankani, Lakshman, Son Lakshan, Leo, Sandesh, Kumar, Devika

Seated; Rosanth, Shalimar (my twin), mother Rukie, Self, Ramya, Shanika

 

After a dinner at Temple Trees with the former President of Sri Lanka Chandrika Bandaranaike, her mother Sirimavo Dias Bandaranaike, family and close relatives- 2000

 

The Cadillac used by former Prime Minister S W R D Bandaranaike which was later owned by us. We have fond memories of travelling in this to our school St Bridgets. This was initially used for the visit of Her Majesty the Queen and later when Jawaharlal Nehru visited Sri Lanka

 

Lakshan with his bride Nishani at their wedding on 7 July 2007